![]() Therefore, reviewers can focus on evaluation of the quality and originality of the work. Before our monitoring editors will send a manuscript to reviewers, these editors decide whether a manuscript fits the scope of the journal. First and foremost, MBoC’s editorial board comprises working scientists, dedicated volunteers committed to implementing the principles just presented. MBoC’s policies and practices help to ensure a thorough, fair, and constructive peer review process and to facilitate scientific communication. HOW MBoC PROMOTES CIVIL AND CONSTRUCTIVE PEER REVIEW Alternatively, the editor may first give the reviewer a chance to reword any inappropriate comments before they are forwarded to the author. The critiques should be relayed to the author verbatim, without any censoring a monitoring editor should comment on insensitive and/or unprofessional comments in reviews, and should make it clear to the authors and reviewers that such remarks are inappropriate. Monitoring editors should, whenever possible, give authors a chance to respond to critical reviews. Importantly, once a manuscript is reviewed, it is crucial that a monitoring editor identify which of any additional experiments suggested by the reviewers are required to make the work acceptable and which are not required because they are outside the scope of the study. Because authors’ and potential reviewers’ time is precious, it is important that a monitoring editor first decide whether a manuscript is appropriate for the journal based on area, scope, and depth, and that he or she reject an article editorially if its prospect for success is low. A monitoring editor should also be familiar with the above guidelines for reviewers. THE MONITORING EDITOR’S ROLE IN ENSURING THE INTEGRITY AND CIVILITY OF THE PROCESSĪs just discussed for reviewers, a monitoring editor should handle a manuscript only if he or she can do so without bias and in a timely manner. Here I provide guidelines to help reviewers, editors, and authors make the peer review process more constructive and civil, and highlight what Molecular Biology of the Cell ( MBoC) is doing to realize these principles. Because publications are the most important currency for securing employment and research funds, and for a researcher’s scientific legacy, peer review issues are critical to all practicing research scientists. Authors pour their hearts, souls, and creative energies into performing experiments and reporting the results in manuscripts, yet reviewers often seem more intent on kicking down the barn than they are on trying to help the carpenter with its design and construction, or they demand the addition of an entire new wing to the original structure. Congressman and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, that “any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one.” These words apply as well to the peer review process as they do to politics. I thought it was a brilliant book.The title of this editorial is a variation on the observation of the late U.S. I would say that this book would appeal equally to boys and girls, probably from age 11 upwards as there are some descriptions of police brutality which might upset younger children. ![]() ![]() He makes you believe in the bravery and loyalty of his characters as they try to do the right thing, battling against a corrupt system. Andy Mulligan has fitted a lot of action into quite a short novel and he describes the unique setting of his story in such detail that you can really picture it in your mind, although I have to warn you that some of the descriptions are not very pleasant – especially the prison cages. Without giving away the thrilling plot the story progressed rapidly, always leaving you with clues to work out and an understanding of the boys' feelings as they try to stay one step ahead of the authorities. ![]() ![]() This discovery leads to a huge adventure that changes their lives. Early in the book the boys discover a small leather bag containing a wallet, a folded up map and a key. Their lives consist of sifting through the rubbish, day after day, trying to find anything valuable that they can sell. Raphael and his friends live on a huge dump site, in a fictional city which is probably supposed to be in Latin America. The story grabbed me from page one when one of the main characters, Raphael, introduces himself and his situation in very frank language, and you realise that this book is going to be about a world of which you (fortunately) have no previous knowledge. ![]()
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