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Editorial contribution

Intellectual work performed in the role of editor for a scholarly venue — including soliciting submissions, selecting reviewers, synthesising review feedback, making accept/reject/revise decisions, and shaping the venue's scope and standards.

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· Last updated 21 May 2026

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Examples

Worked examples

Is an instance
A guest editor named in a special issue's introduction who solicited and curated the submitted papers

Counter-examples

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Not an instance
A typesetter doing copyediting on accepted manuscripts is performing production work, not editorial contribution in this sense

Editorial commentary

Editorial contribution spans editor-in-chief, associate editor, handling editor, guest editor, and editorial board roles. Disclosure conventions include masthead listings, COPE editorial-misconduct guidance for conflicts, and increasingly explicit editorial-statement sections in special issues.

References

COPE Code of Conduct for Journal Editors (2017)
NISO Peer Review Terminology (NISO RP-29-2024)

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Editor contribution · Editorial work

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JATS XML <role> element

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Schema.org DefinedTerm (JSON-LD)

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