2012
Presentations for 2012 Meeting Sessions
Sunday, 20 May, 2012
Keynote Address - Dr. Paul Ekman
Spotting Tangled Webs in Research: Fostering Honesty in Scientific Publishing
Dr. Paul Ekman's keynote address will review how his landmark discoveries about human micro facial expression changed many of the relationships in his life, but not his relationships with scientific journals and their editors. He will discuss his struggles in publishing novel, unorthodox, and cross-disciplinary findings and will share ideas about how to decrease scientific fraud and make reviewing more honest. He will also talk about the up and downsides of having a TV series based on your scientific research.
Dr. Paul Ekman, one of "The 2009 TIME 100" Scientists & Thinkers, is well-known for the research behind such TV shows as "Lie to Me." No stranger to controversial research, his pioneering work in facial microexpressions and deceit has informed national security and law enforcement.
01 - CSE/COPE Joint Session
Speakers:
- Angela Cochran, Director of Journals, American Society of Civil Engineers
- Sarah Tegen, Director, Editorial office Operations, American Chemical Society
- Ginny Barbour, Chief Editor, PLoS Medicine and Chair, COPE
- Christina Bennett, Manager, Publication Ethics, American Physiological Society
Editors, authors, and reviewers all have responsibilities towards ethical publication practices yet there is very little formal training for any of their roles. How do these stakeholders learn publication ethics? What resources are available to help them navigate their ethical responsibilities? What are professional organizations, societies, and journals doing to educate and promote ethical publication practices? What constitutes ethical behavior that might be addressed by an Editor, Reviewer or Society and what is the course of action to manage consistant ethical behavior? Journals, Societies and Editors should be prepared to handle ethical situations via a set of guidelines to assist in making informed ethical decisions.
Learning Objectives:
- To discover what resources are available from professional organizations to educate editors.
- To understand the role of journal editors and publishers in educating authors and reviewers about publication ethics.
- Encourage societies and journals to create specific ethical guidelines for their authors, editors and reviewers.
Moderator:
Jennifer Mahar, Managing Editor, Wiley-Blackwell
Who Should Attend:
Writer/Editor, Editor-in-Chief, Copy Editor/Production Editor, Managing Editor/Publisher
02 - Copyright Redux
Speakers:
- Eric Slater, Esq, Copyright Administrator, American Chemical Society
- Edward Colleran, Senior Director - International Division, Copyright Clearance Center
Following the extremely popular session on this topic presented last year, the speakers will provide an overview of the current issues in establishing and enforcing copyright requirements in the global STM arena. Presentations will emphasis international perspectives, and will review the challenges in educating authors and publishers about concepts and practices in copyright and intellectual property law.
Learning Objectives:
- Provide brief introduction to copyright and IP law.
- Provide information about current issues in education authors and publishers on copyright and IP.
- Provide examples of more and less effective cases of promoting and enforcing copyright and IP.
- Describe global collaborations regarding copyright and IP in the STM area.
Moderator:
Philippa J. Benson, Director, Education Services, The Charlesworth Group
Who Should Attend:
Managing Editor/Publisher, Editor-in-Chief
03 - Did You Know? Government Issues that Affect Publishing
Speakers:
- Ori Lev, PhD, Health Science Policy Analyst, National Institutes of Health, Office of Science Policy
- Mary D. Ari, PhD, Senior Scientist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of the Associate Director of Science
- David Carr, Policy Adviser, The Wellcome Trust
Experts will present two key government issues affecting scientific publications, dual use research of concern (DURC) and incentives for data sharing.
DURC encompasses new research findings or technologies that could, based on current understanding, be reasonably anticipated to pose a threat to public health and safety, agriculture, plants, animals, or environment. Case studies of published articles and journal review processes for assessing manuscripts for DURC will be used to illustrate how DURC relates to scientific publishing.
The Wellcome Trust and Hewlett Foundation aim to increase the availability of research data generated by global health funding agencies, governments, academic researchers, international organizations and reported in scientific journals. Currently no journals are among the 21 signatories to the statement on "sharing research data to improve public health".
Learning Objectives:
- To equip editors with skills to recognize, understand and respond to dual-use research of concern in life science publications.
- To summarize the role of editors in identifying and determining how to appropriately publish dual-use research of concern.
- To describe the Wellcome Trust's policy on data management and sharing with emphasis on the newly launched statement on "Sharing research data to improve public health".
- To summarize how editors can establish and increase incentives for data sharing through novel publishing mechanisms.
Moderator:
Christine Casey, MD, Deputy Editor, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Who Should Attend:
Managing Editor/Publisher, Editor-in-Chief
Lev, Ari and Carr Presentation
Lev Presentation
Ari Presentation #1
Ari Presentation #2
Ari Presentation #3
Carr Presentation #1
Carr Presentation #2
Joint Data Sharing Statement
Lancet_Sharing Research Data to Improve Public Health
04 - Social Media Success Stories
Speakers:
- David Bowers, Marketing Manager, Cell Press
- Robert Sumner, Editorial Coordinator, Clinical Chemistry, American Association for Clinical Chemistry
- Duncan MacRae, Managing Editor, Neurosurgery, Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- John E. Muenning, Director of Editorial Production Technology, New England Journal of Medicine
Social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Linked-In are the dominant tools in the social media landscape. These tools are being used to inform, build community, and for marketing and public outreach. Many STM journals and publishing organizations have experience success through trial and error. This session will explore what has worked and what has not. There will also be a discussion of how to measure success.
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will learn about strategies, such as repurposing content, for creating a successful social media campaign.
- Participants will learn how to get started and how to keep a social media campaign going.
- Participants will learn about pitfalls and tripwires and how to avoid them.
- Participants will find out about the tools available for measuring success in social media.
Moderator:
Tony Alves, Director of Product Management, Aries Systems Corporation
Who Should Attend:
Managing Editor/Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Writer/Editor
05 - What to Include in Your Instructions to Authors
Speakers:
- George Kendall, Managing Editor, Anesthesiology, Journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists
- Dana M. Compton, Production Manager, PNAS
A comprehensive and effective list of Instructions for Authors can make a huge impact in the quality of your submissions. The speakers will share their experience regarding what information is making an impact on their submissions. This session will discuss what seems to be most helpful and how best to present the material to your authors. Speakers will share any lessons learned as their instructions have evolved over time.
Learning Objectives:
- What information you should include in your information for authors to secure better submissions
- What format and delivery for the information works best
- Learn about what authors seem to struggle with when trying to follow the instructions
Moderator:
Jennifer Fleet, Director of Customer Services, Aries Systems Corporation
Who Should Attend:
Managing Editor/Publisher, Copy Editor/Production Editor
06 - Supplemental Information: Who's Doing What and Why
Speakers:
- Todd Carpenter, Managing Director, National Information Standards Organization
- Joan Starr, , University of California
- Sasha Schwarzman, Information Systems Analyst, American Geophysical Union
This session provides working definitions of different kinds of supplemental information that scholarly societies and STM publications are (and in some cases are not) accepting or requiring, and describes how that information is being managed and used in different ways. Speakers will address current trends and practices and offer their expert perspectives on the specific challenges and opportunities that lie ahead in the next several years.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn what STM publishers are doing to work with information that supplements journal articles, including data, video, audio, and other information forms.
- Learn what work is being done to set standards and best practices for working with supplemental information.
- Understand what institutions and organizations are involved in developing standard practices for working with supplemental information, and where STM publishers can look for case study examples.
Moderator:
Todd Carpenter, Managing Director, National Information Standards Organization
Who Should Attend:
Managing Editor/Publisher, Copy Editor/Production Editor, Editor-in-Chief, Writer/Editor
07 - Language Polishing Services: Positives and Pitfalls
Speakers:
- Mary Anne Baynes, Director of Sales and Marketing, The Charlesworth Group
This session will explore outsourced Language Polishing services and how editorial offices can use them to ease frustration, lower costs and reduce time spent on difficult manuscripts. Real-world solutions, examples and tips will be given from 3 different perspectives - a publisher who uses this type of service, an editor who specializes in this type of work, and a specialist in the outsourced language polishing field who knows how to choose the best solution for you.
Learning Objectives:
- What outside resources are available for authors and editorial offices.
- Pros and Cons of using outsourced services.
- How language polishing for non-native English authors differs from typical copy-editing.
- Examples of outsourced services and options that are available, pricing, and what an author or editorial office can expect.
Moderator:
Mary Anne Baynes, Director of Sales and Marketing, The Charlesworth Group
Who Should Attend:
Managing Editor/Publisher, Copy Editor/Production Editor, Editor-in-Chief, Writer/Editor
08 - Implementing Submission Fees
Speakers:
- Anna Trudgett, Editorial Director, American Society of Hematology
- Darren Early, Director of Journal Editorial and Production Operations, American Society for Nutrition
For most scholarly publications the implementation and management of peer review is a complex and expensive process. Although reviewers usually donate their time and expertise staff, computer software and hardware, and general overhead come at a high price. Submission fees can help to spread the expense over all the peer reviewed manuscripts including those which are rejected. However, submission fees come with some risk. Using various real-life cases, this session will explore the pros and cons of implementing submission fees and offer some tips for successful implementation.
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will understand the role submission fees can plan in developing a reliable and predictable revenue stream.
- Participants will be able to weigh the risks and benefits of implementing submission fees.
- Participants will gain an understanding of how to implement submissions fees to minimize the risk of negatively impacting submissions.
Moderator:
Suzanne Rosenzweig, Director, Scientific Publications, Society for Neuroscience
Who Should Attend:
Managing Editor/Publisher, Editor-in-Chief
09 - Word Tips for Editors
Speakers:
- Bruce Rosenblum, CEO, Inera Inc.
In this session, participants will learn tips to work more efficiently by using the advanced (and often hidden) features of Word, with a focus on Word as an editing rather than an authoring tool. The curriculum includes personalizing Word, auto-correct options, document navigation, find-and-replace, and more. The session will also address variations in these tools for different versions of Word, with a special focus on the 2007 and 2010 interface. Regardless of the version they work with, participants will learn how to make the most out of Word as an editorial tool.
Learning Objectives:
- To discover Word's powerful but often hidden editorial tools
- To "personalize" Word to meet the preferences of each editor
- To describe and demonstrate the changes and improvements made to the editorial tool set in Word 2007 and 2010
Moderator:
Jennifer Fleet, Director of Customer Services, Aries Systems Corporation
Who Should Attend:
Copy Editor/Production Editor, Writer/Editor
10 - Cross Publisher Technology Solutions
Speakers:
- Carol Anne Meyer, Business Development and Marketing Manager, CrossRef
- Veronique Kiermer, Executive Editor and Head of Researchers Services, Nature Publishing Group
- Todd Carpenter, Managing Director, National Information Standards Organization
Technology solutions are automating the journal office and are increasingly being used to enforce standards. CrossRef revolutionized reference citation. CrossCheck has been rapidly adopted by journals as a tool for finding similarity between submitted papers and published works. CrossMark may soon help create and maintain a new standard that will identify, unambiguously, which version of an article is the official version. This session will provide an update on what is new with the "three Crosses" and how they are being utilized.
Name ambiguity and attribution are persistent, critical problems imbedded in the scholarly research ecosystem. The ORCID Initiative represents a community effort to establish an open, independent registry that is adopted and embraced as the industry's de facto standard. The goal is to resolve the systemic name ambiguity, by means of assigning unique identifiers linkable to an individual's research output, to enhance the scientific discovery process and improve the efficiency of funding and collaboration. This session will provide an update on the ORCID initiative.
Organizations like CrossRef and ORCID are coming up with great innovative solutions that are helping to simplify and standardize processes. The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) is a major influence in coordinating the diverse interests, of academia, publishers, distributors, and technology companies. This session will provide attendees with an understanding of how NISO creates order out of the chaos of the constant stream of information creation, distribution, access, storage and preservation.
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will learn the value of consistently applied and displayed reference link formats
- Participants will receive an update on plagiarism screening activities
- Participants will learn how to indicate their document versions clearly
- Participants will find out about the current status of the ORCID initiative
- Participants will gain an understanding of how NISO creates order out of the chaos of the stream of information creation, distribution, access, storage and preservation
Moderator:
Tony Alves, Director of Product Management, Aries Systems Corporation
Who Should Attend:
Managing Editor/Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Writer/Editor
11 - Coping with Retractions: What's an Editor to Do?
Speakers:
- Ivan Oransky, MD, Executive Editor, Reuters Health
- Monica Bradford, Executive Editor, Science
Retraction has always been something of a "nuclear option" for scholarly publishers. Yet lately, even though retractions still account for a tiny fraction of the total number of published scientific articles, there's been a substantial increase in the number of times that journal editors are pursuing this most severe of corrective editorial actions. What's going on here? Is this just a reflection of the growing numbers of scholarly articles generally, or is scientific misconduct actually on the rise? Are journal editors setting a lower bar for retraction or are they just getting braver or less tolerant of sloppy science? And given that retracted papers continue to be cited long after they've been pulled from the literature, are editors, publishers and abstracting and indexing services doing all they can to inform the scholarly community about retractions in a meaningful way? These aren't trivial questions, especially in a wired world where new research papers are widely and rapidly shared and concerns about scientific integrity are always on the front burner. Join us as an expert panel discusses these and other issues related to the thorny problem of retractions.
Learning Objectives:
- Review the latest statistics on and trends in retractions of scientific articles.
- List some of the reasons that may be behind the reported increase in numbers of retractions.
- Discuss the options editors consider in deciding whether to retract a paper.
- Outline how abstracting and indexing services are trying to insure that researchers are kept up to date on retractions and reduce citations of papers that have been pulled from the literature.
Moderator:
Bill Silberg, Editor-at-Large, American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Who Should Attend:
Managing Editor/Publisher, Copy Editor/Production Editor, Editor-in-Chief, Writer/Editor
12 - Understanding Scientific Research in China: Developing Your Market
Speakers:
- Philippa Benson, PhD,Director, Education & Author Services, The Charlesworth Group (USA)
This session provides an overview of some social, cultural and publishing trends that impact researchers in China. The topics discussed will help editors better understand the differences between the contexts in which westerns researchers work and those that influence researchers in China and, to some extent, Taiwan. Specific recommendations will be given about how journals can attract more appropriate manuscripts from these areas and how to engage Chinese thought-leaders in this important and emerging market.
Learning Objectives:
- Why you should care about manuscripts by Chinese authors.
- How (and why) Chinese researchers think and work.
- Strategies for working successfully with Chinese authors.
Moderator:
Nan Hallock, Director of Publishing, Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening
Who Should Attend:
Managing Editor/Publisher, Editor-in-Chief
13 - Continuing Education, Novel Delivery and Quality: What Works?
Speakers:
- Murray Kopelow, MD, MS(Comm), FRCPC, Chief Executive and Secretary, Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
- David A. Crotty, PhD, Senior Editor, Oxford University Press
Social media is changing rapidly the way the public communicates, receives information and interacts. But is it the best approach for scientific publications that must uphold credibility, quality and integrity of its content and educational offerings? This session convenes experts from the publication, education and social media fields to examine this challenging issue. For example, is bidirectional interaction (e.g., blogs, Facebook) really the best approach to deliver scientific content? You'll learn how editors can advance, achieve and leverage 21st century innovations without abandoning the tenets of science. To describe the Accreditation Council of Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and XXX roles' in awarding CEUs, CMEs and to provide strategies for how editors can increase educational content in peer-reviewed publications.
Learning Objectives:
- To equip editors with skills to repurpose journal content for meaningful continuing education.
- To summarize the role of editors in using novel delivery mechanisms (e.g., social media, video and radio) while maintaining scientific integrity and quality of content.
- To summarize how editors can establish and increase incentives for continuing education through novel publishing mechanisms.
Moderator:
Christine Casey, MD, Deputy Editor, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Who Should Attend:
Managing Editor/Publisher, Editor-in-Chief
Kopelow and Crotty Presentation
Crotty Presentation #1
Crotty Presentation #2
Crotty Presentation #3
14 - Publishing Technology 101
Speakers:
- Michael Hepp, Senior Technology Strategist, Dartmouth Journal Services
- Steve Haenel, Workflow Automation Specialist, Dartmouth Journal Services
From XML to ePub to mobile apps, publishing technology is rapidly changing. Current conversations about publishing are often full of jargon and 'tech speak' that can be difficult to keep up with. This session will define and explain the terms, acronyms and buzzwords used to describe current tools, platforms and other technologies that are referenced everyday in the publishing community.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn basic terminology used in the discussion of publishing technology
- Better understand the technologies that may benefit your publication or organization
Moderator:
Jennifer Fleet, Director of Customer Services, Aries Systems Corporation
Who Should Attend:
Managing Editor/Publisher, Copy Editor/Production Editor
15 - Content Marketing Trends and New Ways to Generate Revenue
Speakers:
- Lettie Conrad, Manager of Online Product Management, SAGE Publications
- Tim Cross, Product Marketing Manager, Allen Press
The consistent quality of a journal's content builds credibility for the journal, its authors and its society. Effectively marketing a journal's best content raises awareness of the journal throughout the scientific community while building and strengthening the journal's unique brand. A journal that actively leverages its best content for marketing purposes can increase its discoverability, citations, impact factor, submission rate, author enthusiasm and loyalty, and revenue; and increase the scientific community's perception of it as an important knowledge leader. Journals that carefully target their content marketing in a time-sensitive manner can exceed these goals and achieve even greater success.
Learning Objectives:
- Content marketing vs. traditional marketing
- Mobile-optimized opportunities
- Social media and other online tools
Moderator:
Nan Hallock, Director of Publishing, Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening
Who Should Attend:
Managing Editor/Publisher, Editor-in-Chief
16 - Demystifying Scientific Misconduct Issues through Instructions to Authors
Speakers:
- Mary D. Scheetz, Research Consultant, Research Integrity Consulting
- Patty Baskin, MS, Executive Editor, Neurology
- Ken Kornfield, Managing Editor, Journal of Clinical Oncology and Journal of Oncology Practice
The Instructions to Authors (IA) that journals publish is a critical directive for authors. It provides the primary road map for authors to follow while preparing their manuscript for publication. While many IA provide thorough instructions on the mechanics of a paper, few address how they will treat the topic of scientific misconduct should it surface. Presenters in this session will emphasize the need for journals to have policies included as a fundamental part of the IA. An IA that states how the journal will address scientific misconduct issues is an efficient and proactive way to avoid misunderstandings and lengthy disputes. The purpose of this interactive session is to provide attendees the opportunity to examine the IA of 5 journals and identify missing components.
Learning Objectives:
- What components should be included to prevent and address potential scientific misconduct?
- What steps should a journal take to address alleged misconduct?
- How are literature corrections, such as retractions and errata addressed?
Moderator:
All speakers will co-lead this session.
Who Should Attend:
Managing Editor/Publisher, Editor-in-Chief