| Editorial Roles | Intro to Spectrum | Editorial Workflow | Editor Fun Facts | Journal Fun Facts |
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What are the two main kinds of editors according to the PKP School for Editors?
-Managing editors
-Associate editors |
What is the publication scope of Spectrum?
Undergraduate research aimed at an interdisciplinary audience.
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What is first step in the editor workflow?
Preliminary review
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What is Crystal's cat's name?
Hector
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What does Spectrum have eight of?
The number of issues that Spectrum has published to date
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What are the secondary roles of a Spectrum editor?
-Editor Training
-Peer Review Training -Journal promotion and outreach -Go on field trips? |
What is OJS?
An online open-access publishing platform
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What is the final step in the editor workflow?
Production
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Who are the returning editors?
Jingyi
Maddie Samantha |
What is the names of the science undergraduate journal at the University of Alberta?
Eureka
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What are the responsibilities that an editor has to the editorial board?
-Work together as a team
-Communicate, listen, and respect each other's opinions -Establish policies for managing submissions from the Editorial Board that avoid conflict of interest -Hiring and training new editors |
What are the four functions of a scholarly journal?
1. Establish an author's credit for an idea
2. Share the idea with the community 3. Assure the quality of the idea through peer review 4. Establish a permanent record of the idea |
What are the three types of reviewers used during the peer-review process?
-Undergraduate general reviewer
-Undergraduate specialist reviewer -Graduate specialist reviewer |
Who is Portia?
The editor who suggested "What is the answer to life, the universe, and everything?" as a question on the editor application form?
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What is the name of the history and classics undergraduate journal at the University of Alberta?
Constellations
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Who are the stakeholders in an academic journal?
-Authors
-Peer reviewers -Readers of the journal and the wider academic community -The editorial board |
What are the five main roles involved in Spectrum?
-Journal manager/Staff advisor
-Faculty advisors -Editor -Peer reviewer -Author |
What are the possible editorial decisions after peer review?
Accept
Accept with minor revisions Accept with major revisions Reject |
Who are Nadiya and Portia?
The current student editors who did their training in person
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What license are Spectrum articles published under?
Creative Commons
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What are responsibilities that an editor has to their authors during the review phase of the process?
-Treat authors with fairness, objectivity, honesty and openness.
-Make unbiased decisions. -Protect confidentiality of author’s work. -Have policies for handling ethical issues or suspected misconduct. -Make and communicate editorial decisions promptly, clearly, and constructively. |
Who are Spectrum's faculty advisors?
Lisa Claypool
Joao Soares |
What does an editor look for during copyediting?
-Grammar/spelling/punctuation
-Adherence to citation style -Accessibility |
INTJ
The most common Myer-Briggs personality type on the 2020-2021 editorial team
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What is Alberta Law Review?
The Albertan student journal was founded in 1955
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