Editor-author Relation

Author and editor biographies

Article | Nurse Author & Editor Newsletter

Most authors and editors easily grasp the concept of plagiarism—using other people’s word or ideas without attribution—but self-plagiarism is not so easily defined. At what point does repeating information from one article to another cross the line from providing useful information to the reader to recycling previously published material that is copyright protected? For instance, does repeating...

letter to the editor: author reply

dear editor:   we thank dr asadi amoli for her interest in our article. 1 dr asadi amoli pointed out that specific and sensitive rhabdomyosarcoma (rms) markers should be investigated in our case. 2 we agree with dr asadi amoli ’s opinion and are sorry that the results of pathology examination and myogenin (myf-4) staining studied in a local hospital were not provided in our case report.   an ex...

Authidx: an Author/editor Indexing Package

This document describes AUTHIDX, a package for automatic generation of author/editor indexes, and citation page references, with AmSTEX, LATEX, e-plain TEX, and plain TEX.

Being a researcher, being an editor, being an author.

With me, it happened in the beginning of the last decade (1990). When the post of editor of the unit's periodical became vacant, the Director, like most Directors, looked around him in search of his best friend or his worst enemy. He picked me for one of those two reasons, which one of them I have not found out. But it really does not make that much of a difference given the size of the problem...