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A survey of 23 scholarly journal editors in five countries concerning the qualities of acceptable and unacceptable articles is reported. Common problems, ways of improving manuscript quality, the role of the reviewer, and practical suggestions for aspiring authors are addressed. Emphasis is placed on getting published. (Author/MSE)

The impact of editorial intervention on the language of published written texts has been the topic of a handful of recent empirical investigations within the world Englishes paradigm. These studies have demonstrated that the linguistic changes that editors make to texts written in world Englishes contexts are not as conservative or consistent as previously assumed, with some scholars suggesting that the sociolinguistic profiles of such editors might account for the varying behaviours noted in the corpus-based investigations. In this article, I build on recent arguments for a more considered view of the impact of editorial intervention on the language of published written texts in world Englishes contexts by examining editors' sociolinguistic profiles and the overt norms they draw on in the course of their work to explore how they orient their normative behaviour and how this may be related to the evolutionary development of their respective varieties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Scholarly soldiers are rare in Australia, but not totally absent. Following World War II, Eustace Graham Keogh made a significant contribution to Australian military literature as the founding editor of the Australian Army Journal. He also authored a series of campaign studies used in officer promotion examinations. Keogh’s contributions to professional education and military history in Australia have, until recently, been forgotten. This paper provides a sketch of his career and an assessment of his role in the intellectual history of the Australian Army in the immediate postwar period, a time when the Army was undergoing momentous change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper brings to light the notable contributions of Wikipedian Adrianne Wadewitz (1977–2014) who enlisted her peers and students to help reduce the gender imbalance by participating in mass collaborative initiatives like edit-a-thons to increase the stock of knowledge about and of interest to women. Such projects, and the edit-a-thons that continue to be convened in Wadewitz's honour, help to reconcile the imbalance and simultaneously present pedagogical opportunities. Drawing upon scholarly literature, this paper also illustrates how Wikipedia editing supports and reinforces the principles of both academic and public writing and represents an open and sustainable platform for formative and summative assessment. Moreover, the paper emphasises the superiority of digital informative texts created by mass-collaboration and participation over those compiled by individuals or through small group collaboration, both of which delimit the homogeneity of networked knowledge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the working of the periodical "Australian Social Work" which is developed by the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) in 1946. It mentions that history of social work's development as a profession in Australia is characterised by an international orientation. It also mentions that the periodical has in readership with comprising social work practitioners, academics, and students.

In university plagiarism policies, and in the research into plagiarism, one form of collusion remains virtually unacknowledged: substantive editing performed by editors. While almost all Australian universities allow postgraduate students to have their thesis professionally edited,substantiveediting is prohibited. This article discusses the problems inherent in this arrangement, given that most students and supervisors, and some editors, are not clear on where the line is between the two. Moreover, it is evident that there are a myriad of social and economic pressures that lead to substantive editing being performed even when all three parties are aware that it is occurring. Substantive editing is a particularly insidious form of plagiarism since it has received so little attention by universities, it is seen as less serious than other forms of plagiarism, it requires high levels of vigilance to detect and there are no deterrents in place. This article argues that there are significant numbers of students engaging in this form of plagiarism. This study aims to shed light on this issue by examining the nature, motivations behind and prevalence of substantive editing, while recognising the social context and negative effects of the issue. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article presents news briefs related to addiction. Topics include the European Court of Justice's ruling against the Scottish government's plans for a minimum unit price for alcohol, the legalization of medicinal cannabis in Colombia, and the Irish government's approval of additional provisions in the Misuse of Drugs Bill 2015 allowing supervised injecting facilities.

The article provides information about Nancy Eva Hitchcock, an Australian researcher and nutritional epidemiologist. Key details about Hitchcock include her educational background and work experiences as well as her living conditions. Information about the Dietitians Association of Australia's conference is presented.

Reviewing manuscripts for journals is an integral part of the research process, and a service to authors, editors, and readers of academic journals. Reviewing requires much more than finding errors or problems in a manuscript, it involves taking part in an intellectual exchange, and providing feedback about how a paper could be improved. This paper aims to provide guidance to reviewers by setting out a general approach to writing reviews for Australian Social Work that are respectful, constructive, and responsible. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Former editor Helen Wilson wrote this editorial in 2006 to commemorate 30 years of MIA. It examines the history of the journal, the people who brought it into being and kept it going, and its unique role in Australia's media and academic environment. An edited version is reproduced here because of the comprehensive and definitive overview it provides of the journal's history and vision. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents 2013 news on the International Council of Nurses (ICN). The ICN has launched the third phase of its project to prevent and manage tuberculosis an drug resistant tuberculosis. The ICN has published updated guidance on adult and childhood immunization. The 25th Quadrennial Congress of the International Council of Nurses will be held in Melbourne, Australia on May 18-23. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study we investigated the representation of countries and continents in the publication of six English language journals of sport and exercise psychology from 1997 until 2011. We selected all articles (N = 2093) published in theJournal of Sport and Exercise Psychology,The Sport Psychologist,Journal of Applied Sport Psychology,Journal of Sport Behavior,Psychology of Sport and Exercise, andInternational Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychologyduring 1997–2011 and all proceedings (N = 2034) in the last four World Congress of Sport Psychology (1997, 2001, 2005, and 2009). Then, we classified them by country and continent where the first author's institution was located. Five English-speaking countries (USA, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand) represented 82% of the total publications in the six journals and 38.5% of congress proceedings. These were followed by five European countries (France, Germany, Greece, Norway, and Belgium) accumulating 10% of the total publications. The continents of Asia, Africa, and Latin America represented less than 4% of the publications but 28.2% of congress proceedings. There was a very high correlation between continents' representation in journal editorial boards and journal publications. Reviewers and readers should be aware of systematic errors that might happen in the review process of submitted manuscripts describing studies which have been conducted in non-English-speaking countries but which are eventually rejected in English language journals of sport and exercise psychology. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article provides information on the publishing history of "Sunbird," an Australian journal of ornithology produced since March 1970 by the Birds Queensland. Presented are the list of editors and assistant editors and basic information including its editorial policy, format, and rules on subscription and the submission and selection of material. Mentioned is its digital publication since December 2008 and the efforts to make earlier issues available online.

Abstract: Peer- and editorial review of research submitted to biomedical journals (‘manuscript review’) is frequently argued to be essential for ensuring scientific quality and the dissemination of important ideas, but there is also broad agreement that manuscript review is often unsuccessful in achieving its goals. Problems with manuscript review are frequently attributed to the social and subjective dimensions of the process (e.g. bias and conflict of interest). While there have been numerous efforts to improve the process, these have had limited success. This may be because these efforts do not account sufficiently for all of the social and subjective dimensions of the process. We set out, therefore, to characterise the most salient social and subjective dimensions of the manuscript review process, from the perspective of practising reviewers and editors. Open-ended interviews were carried out with 35 journal editors, and peer reviewers in the UK, USA and Australia. It emerged from these interviews that reviewers and editors were conscious of a number of social and subjective influences on the review process including: a wide variety of motivations for participation, complex relations of power, epistemic authority and moral responsibility, and unavoidable prejudice and intuition. Importantly, these social and subjective influences were often viewed positively and were seen as expressions of, rather than threats to, editors’ and reviewers’ epistemic authority and expertise. From this we conclude that the social and subjective dimensions of biomedical manuscript review should be made more explicit, accommodated and even encouraged, not only because these dimensions of human relationships and judgements are unavoidable, but because their explicit presence is likely to enrich, rather than threaten the manuscript review process. We suggest a ‘dialectical’ model which can simultaneously accommodate, and embrace, all dimensions of the manuscript review process. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Propaganda and censorship were crucial elements in the flow of news to Australian newspaper audiences during World War I. While Australian newspapers were enthusiastic supporters of the war effort, the Australian model of press censorship proved to be highly restrictive and the relationships between newspaper editors and censorship authorities were not always smooth. Over the course of the war, frustration regarding the operation of censorship intensified. A series of events surrounding the conscription referenda of October 1916 and December 1917 led to the 1918 Conference of Editors. The outcome of this conference was greater and more formalized involvement for the press in censorship matters. Within this dialectic of cooperation and conflict, this paper examines the relationship between the press and the Australian Government in the World War I conflict. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]