Scholarpedia:Become an editor
From Scholarpedia
Scholarpedia is a peer-reviewed encyclopedia containing articles (entries) that are written, peer-reviewed, and accepted according to the same rigorous academic standards as in the best peer-reviewed journals. This process is supervised by Scholarpedia Editors - the leading experts in their respective fields.
In contrast to most peer-reviewed journals, Editors of Scholarpedia do not deal with manuscripts "submitted for possible publication". Instead, they have the luxury of selecting the topics within their areas of expertise and the honor to invite the best living experts to contribute these topics.
We invite established experts to become editors of Scholarpedia
An editor of Scholarpedia should satisfy the following requirements:
- Have a PhD or MD.
- Be an acknowledged expert in his/her field.
- Be recommended by at least 2 curators of Scholarpedia.
- Be willing to spend a few hours per week performing editorial duties (inviting authors and reviewers) and recruiting other editors.
We encourage tandems consisting of a junior person working with a senior well-known expert. The senior expert identifies topics and suggests authors/reviewers, and the junior person sends invitations (on behalf of both editors) and handles correspondence with authors and reviewers.
Send your inquiries to editor-in-chief@scholarpedia.org and indicate:
- your area of expertise
- your proposed "category"
- a preliminary list of topics within your category
- your Scholarpedia username (if you are registered)
