Being an Editor

Freda, M.C., & Nicoll, L.H. (2011). The Editor’s Handbook: An Online Resource and CE Course. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

General

Blancett Smith SP. Nursing journalism leadership. Nurs Admin Quarterly. 1997;22(1):16-22.

The Peer Review Process

American Association of University Presses (2016). Handbook of Best Practices in Peer Review. See details here.  Download PDF

Baggs, J.G. (1998). Please join our scholarly group: Valuing the manuscript review process. Research in Nursing & Health, 21, 101-102.

Baggs, J. G. (1999). The value of the blind review process: Is blindness best? (editorial). Research in Nursing & Health, 22, 93-94.

Baggs, J. G., & Minicucci, D. (2000). Shining a light on the black box of the review process at Research in Nursing & Health (editorial). Research in Nursing & Health, 23, 1-2.

Baggs, J. G., & Schmitt, M. H. (2001). Some ethics of manuscript reviewing (editorial). Research in Nursing & Health, 24, 81-82.

Henly, S. J. and Dougherty, M. C. (2009). Quality of manuscript reviews in Nursing Research. Nursing Outlook, 57, 18-26.

Hoyt, K.S. & Proehl, J.A. (2007).  Peer review for professional publications.  Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal, 29, 260-264.

Shattell, M. M., Chinn, P. L., Thomas, S. P., & Cowling, W. R. (2009). Author’s and Editors’ Perspectives on Peer Review Quality in Three Scholarly Nursing Journals.Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 42(1), 58-65.

Research about Nursing Reviewers

Broome, M., Dougherty, M., Baggs, J. G., Kearney, M. H., & Freda, M. C. (2009). Ethical Concerns of Nursing Journal Reviewers: An International Survey. To be presented at JAMA/BMJ Conference on Peer Review and Biomedical Publication, 2009.

Dougherty, M., Freda, M. C., Kearney, M. H., Baggs, J. G., & Broome M. (2009). Nursing journal peer reviewers use of impact factor and priorities in manuscript reviews. To be presented at JAMA/BMJ Conference on Peer Review and Biomedical Publication, 2009.

Kearney, M. H., Baggs, J., Broome, M., Dougherty, M., & Freda, M. C. (2008). Experience, Time Investment, and Motivators of Nursing Journal Peer Reviewers. Journal of Nursing Scholarship 40(4): 395-400.

Baggs, J., Broome, M., Dougherty, M., Freda, M. C., & Kearney, M. H. (2008).  Blinding in Peer Review: The Preferences of  Reviewers for Nursing Journals.  Journal of Advanced Nursing 64(2): 131-138.

Freda, M. C., Kearney, M. H., Baggs, J., Broome, M., & Dougherty M. (2008).  Peer Reviewer Training and Editor Support: Results from an International Survey of Nursing Peer Reviewers. Journal of Professional Nursing  25(2): 101-108.

Research about Nursing Editors

Freda, M. C., & Kearney, M. H. (2007). A First Look at Nurse Editors’ Compensation. Nursing Economics 25(6), 371-375.

Kearney, M. H., & Freda, M. C. (2006). “Voice of the Profession”: Nurse Editors as Leaders. Nursing Outlook 54(5): 263-267.

Kearney, M. H. & Freda, M. C. (2005). Nurse Editors’ Views on the Peer Review Process. Research in Nursing and Health 27(6):1-9.

Freda, M. C., & Kearney, M. H. (2005). Ethical Issues Faced By Nursing Editors. Western Journal of Nursing Research 27(4):487-99.

Freda, M. C. & Kearney, M. H. (2005). An International Survey of Nurse Editors’ Roles and Practices. Journal of Nursing Scholarship 37 (1):87-94.