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Scientific Journal Editor Course

What will I learn?

Improve your publishing career with our Scientific Journal Editor Course, adapted for Zambia. Learn to make sound editorial decisions, including how to handle revisions, follow journal guidelines, and decide what makes a manuscript acceptable. Get better at managing the peer review process, from choosing reviewers to setting deadlines. Develop skills in evaluating manuscripts to check how original they are and how scientifically valuable they are. Learn to communicate well with authors and reviewers through professional letters and assessment reports. Enrol now to sharpen your skills as an editor.

Apoia's Unique Offerings

Online courses with lifetime access
Certificate aligned with educational standards
Printable PDF summaries
24/7 online support
Select and organise the chapters you wish to study
Set your own course workload
Instant feedback on practical activities
Study at your convenience, no internet required

Develop your skills

Enhance your practical skills listed below

Master editorial decisions: Learn to handle revisions and follow journal guidelines effectively.

Manage peer reviews: Choose reviewers, create invitation letters, and set deadlines that work well.

Evaluate manuscripts: Find good points, check originality, and judge scientific importance.

Communicate professionally: Keep up correspondence and write assessment reports that are easy to understand.

Optimise acceptance criteria: Develop guidelines for accepting or rejecting manuscripts.

Suggested summary

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before starting, you can change the chapters and workload.

  • Choose which chapter to start with
  • Add or remove chapters
  • Increase or decrease the course workload

Examples of chapters you can add

You will be able to generate more chapters similar to the examples below

This is a free course aimed at personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but provides practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.