Role of the editor

The role of the editor in a collection of essays, letters, or articles is to

1. Recruit collaborators/contributing authors for the project.
2. Work with your unit or department to get signed publication agreements from each contributing author (the OERU will provide the template).
3. Determine with the managing editor what style will be used (CMOS, APA, MLA, etc.)
4. Ensure that contributing authors consistently use the same notation style, whether that is footnotes/endnotes or author-date style.
5. Support the managing editor in the peer-review process.
6. Review the copy-edited manuscript and respond to editor queries. This helps ensure consistency in the manuscript.
7. Reach out to the contributing authors with queries the editor cannot answer (usually citation questions).
8. Work with the managing editor to review and approve the final manuscript.

Edited collections (Manuscript)

If your manuscript is an edited collection with multiple contributors, please supply the following information:

1. Complete biographical information, including each contributing author’s name, title, rank, institution, and contact information. This is how the contributing author wants to be recognized in the text.
2. A brief biography of each contributor (50-100 words).
3. An image tracking sheet for each contributor, if applicable.
4. Any permissions for the reuse of materials the contributor has obtained.
5. All files for images, tables, graphs, charts, etc, that the contributor wants to include with the appropriate caption and alt-text information.

Please submit the manuscript as one file, not separate files for each contributor.