Biomedical Publishing 101: An Overview from the Chicago Collaborative

Abstract

The session offered the opportunity to learn about the publishing cycle of biomedical journals, both print and digital. The challenges and opportunities posed by the migration from print to digital were addressed. The presenters explored the role of publishers in the scholarly communication process, and the goal was for attendees to gain knowledge of the various roles and responsibilities of different players in the scientific publishing chain.

Keywords:

• biomedical publishing
• biomedical journals
• peer review
• publication ethics
• biomedical libraries
• scholarly communication
• research publishing
• e-journals
• digital publishing

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The program was created by the Chicago Collaborative as a joint initiative by librarians and publishers to bring better understanding and appreciation of each others' contribution to the scholarly communication process. The Chicago Collaborative is a working group administered by the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries. For more information on the Collaborative, please visit their website: http://www.chicago-collaborative.org.

Course Creators and the organizations they represent on the Chicago Collaborative:

	Norman Frankel, Society for Scholarly Publishing
	Margaret Reich, Consultant
	Tom Richardson, New England Journal of Medicine
	Irv Rockwood, Association of Learned, Professional & Scholarly Publishers
	Rita Scheman, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology/ DC Principles
	Jean Shipman, Association of American Health Science Libraries
	Elizabeth Solaro, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology/ DC Principles
	John Tagler, Association of American Publishers/Professional & Scholarly Publishing

Notes

1. Editorial Policy Committee, Council of Science Editors, CSE's White Paper on Promoting Integrity in Scientific Journal Publications, 2009 Update (Reston, VA: Council of Science Editors, 2009), http://www.councilscienceeditors.org/files/public/entire_whitepaper.pdf (accessed September 9, 2010).

2. James Chase, “Down But Not Out,” Medical Marketing and Media 45, no. 4 (April 2010): 45–50.