Introduction to Medical Editing: Bonus Material!
Thank you for coming to the SfEP Introduction to Medical Editing. This page lists all the resources I mentioned in the session, and more. Please note that these lists do not attempt to be exhaustive - they are just starting points to guide you in your own searches. That said, if you think of anything else you'd like me to add, please ask and I'll get right on it. -Julia
Example "Instructions for Authors" and "About the journal" pages (all journals have this information somewhere on their website)
https://www.thelancet.com/lancet/about
https://www.thelancet.com/pb/assets/raw/Lancet/authors/tl-info-for-authors.pdf
https://www.bmj.com/about-bmj/resources-authors
https://www.bmj.com/sites/default/files/attachments/resources/2018/05/AuthorBrochureDigital.pdf
https://www.springer.com/medicine/neurology/journal/415 ("Instructions for Authors" and "Aims and Scope" links are in the right-hand panel)
https://www.elsevier.com/journals/neuroscience/0306-4522/guide-for-authors
https://www.thelancet.com/lancet/about
https://www.thelancet.com/pb/assets/raw/Lancet/authors/tl-info-for-authors.pdf
https://www.bmj.com/about-bmj/resources-authors
https://www.bmj.com/sites/default/files/attachments/resources/2018/05/AuthorBrochureDigital.pdf
https://www.springer.com/medicine/neurology/journal/415 ("Instructions for Authors" and "Aims and Scope" links are in the right-hand panel)
https://www.elsevier.com/journals/neuroscience/0306-4522/guide-for-authors
Scientific publishers
https://www.thieme.co.uk/
https://www.elsevier.com/en-gb
https://www.springer.com/gb
https://www.springernature.com/gp
https://www.wiley.com/en-gb
https://taylorandfrancis.com/journals/
https://taylorandfrancis.com/books/
https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/home
https://www.karger.com/
http://www.cambridge.org/gb/index.php
http://global.oup.com/?cc=gb
https://www.thieme.co.uk/
https://www.elsevier.com/en-gb
https://www.springer.com/gb
https://www.springernature.com/gp
https://www.wiley.com/en-gb
https://taylorandfrancis.com/journals/
https://taylorandfrancis.com/books/
https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/home
https://www.karger.com/
http://www.cambridge.org/gb/index.php
http://global.oup.com/?cc=gb
Health bodies & other organisations
https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/public-health-england/about/recruitment
http://www.who.int/careers/en/
https://www.iaea.org/
http://www.ema.europa.eu
https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/public-health-england/about/recruitment
http://www.who.int/careers/en/
https://www.iaea.org/
http://www.ema.europa.eu
Everything you need to know about MedComms
http://medcommsnetworking.com
https://firstmedcommsjob.com/
http://medcommsnetworking.com
https://firstmedcommsjob.com/
Editing companies
https://www.neuroedit.com/ :)
https://www.edanzediting.com/
http://www.charlesworthauthorservices.com/
https://www.enago.com/
https://www.editage.com/
https://www.bioedit.com/
https://authorservices.springernature.com/
https://authorservices.wiley.com/home.html
https://webshop.elsevier.com/languageservices/languageediting/
https://www.neuroedit.com/ :)
https://www.edanzediting.com/
http://www.charlesworthauthorservices.com/
https://www.enago.com/
https://www.editage.com/
https://www.bioedit.com/
https://authorservices.springernature.com/
https://authorservices.wiley.com/home.html
https://webshop.elsevier.com/languageservices/languageediting/
Language assistance departments at UK universities
Disclaimer: I'm not 100% sure if the departments listed hire freelancers or even help students with editing/proofreading, but if you're interested in working with students it would certainly be worth approaching them to see how they work, whether they would be interested in your services and, if so, what kind of support you would be permitted to provide.
http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/learning-skills/academic-writing/ - they have a list of approved proofreaders and know about the SfEP
https://www.leeds.ac.uk/info/130567/language_centre
https://www.salford.ac.uk/skills-for-learning
http://www.langcen.cam.ac.uk/lc/index.html
https://www.dur.ac.uk/englishlanguage.centre/
https://www.surrey.ac.uk/currentstudents/study/english_language_support_programme/
Disclaimer: I'm not 100% sure if the departments listed hire freelancers or even help students with editing/proofreading, but if you're interested in working with students it would certainly be worth approaching them to see how they work, whether they would be interested in your services and, if so, what kind of support you would be permitted to provide.
http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/learning-skills/academic-writing/ - they have a list of approved proofreaders and know about the SfEP
https://www.leeds.ac.uk/info/130567/language_centre
https://www.salford.ac.uk/skills-for-learning
http://www.langcen.cam.ac.uk/lc/index.html
https://www.dur.ac.uk/englishlanguage.centre/
https://www.surrey.ac.uk/currentstudents/study/english_language_support_programme/
Societies, training, qualification and CPD (continuing professional development)
https://www.sfep.org.uk/training/choose-a-course/medical-editing/
https://www.bels.org/
http://www.ease.org.uk/
https://www.councilscienceeditors.org
https://www.emwa.org/training/a-career-in-medical-writing/ (not just for writers!)
Many editing companies also provide thorough feedback and on-the-job training, as well as some having their own "editor academies" (e.g. Edanz and Enago provide their editors with training courses)
https://www.sfep.org.uk/training/choose-a-course/medical-editing/
https://www.bels.org/
http://www.ease.org.uk/
https://www.councilscienceeditors.org
https://www.emwa.org/training/a-career-in-medical-writing/ (not just for writers!)
Many editing companies also provide thorough feedback and on-the-job training, as well as some having their own "editor academies" (e.g. Edanz and Enago provide their editors with training courses)
A wealth of further information about editing / medical editing as a career
http://www.kokedit.com/ckb.php (Katharine is a very generous medical editor without a PhD - grab a cuppa and have a good look around her site, it's packed full of info)
https://www.louiseharnbyproofreader.com/help-for-editors.html (Louise is the SfEP's very own generous information-sharer! Not a medical specialist but a lot of the information she shares can be applied to medical editing too.)
Editing Research: The Author Editing Approach to Providing Effective Support to Writers of Research Papers by Valerie Matarese (book)
http://www.kokedit.com/ckb.php (Katharine is a very generous medical editor without a PhD - grab a cuppa and have a good look around her site, it's packed full of info)
https://www.louiseharnbyproofreader.com/help-for-editors.html (Louise is the SfEP's very own generous information-sharer! Not a medical specialist but a lot of the information she shares can be applied to medical editing too.)
Editing Research: The Author Editing Approach to Providing Effective Support to Writers of Research Papers by Valerie Matarese (book)
Reporting guidelines
https://www.nc3rs.org.uk/arrive-guidelines
http://www.consort-statement.org
https://equator-network.org
https://www.nc3rs.org.uk/arrive-guidelines
http://www.consort-statement.org
https://equator-network.org
Nomenclature
Human genes: https://www.genenames.org/
Mouse & rat genes: http://www.informatics.jax.org/mgihome/nomen/gene.shtml
Rat genes: https://rgd.mcw.edu/
Taxonomy & zoological nomenclature: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/taxonomy, http://www.iczn.org/iczn/index.jsp
Mouse strains: https://www.jax.org/jax-mice-and-services/customer-support/technical-support/genetics-and-nomenclature
Allergens: http://allergen.org/
SI units: https://www.bipm.org/en/measurement-units/
Cultivated plants: https://www.ishs.org/scripta-horticulturae/international-code-nomenclature-cultivated-plants-ninth-edition (H/T Kathleen Lyle!)
Loads of other useful links: https://www.jax.org/research-and-faculty/resources, https://research.uci.edu/facilities-services/tmf/online-resources.html
Human genes: https://www.genenames.org/
Mouse & rat genes: http://www.informatics.jax.org/mgihome/nomen/gene.shtml
Rat genes: https://rgd.mcw.edu/
Taxonomy & zoological nomenclature: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/taxonomy, http://www.iczn.org/iczn/index.jsp
Mouse strains: https://www.jax.org/jax-mice-and-services/customer-support/technical-support/genetics-and-nomenclature
Allergens: http://allergen.org/
SI units: https://www.bipm.org/en/measurement-units/
Cultivated plants: https://www.ishs.org/scripta-horticulturae/international-code-nomenclature-cultivated-plants-ninth-edition (H/T Kathleen Lyle!)
Loads of other useful links: https://www.jax.org/research-and-faculty/resources, https://research.uci.edu/facilities-services/tmf/online-resources.html
Accessibility
Learned Publishing special issue on accessibility: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17414857/31/1
Learned Publishing special issue on accessibility: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17414857/31/1