Workflow
What is preliminary review?
The 4 Cs of copyediting.
What are:
- clarity
- consistency
- coherency
- correctness
The language(s) that a Spectrum submission may be written in.
What is English and French?
The peer-review process where neither the author or reviewers know each other's identities.
What is double-blind peer-review?
Spectrum's first themed issue.
What is sustainability?
The three reviewers who will review a Spectrum submission.
Who are:
- an undergrad reviewer (related discipline)
- an undergrad reviewer (unrelated discipline)
- a graduate reviewer (related discipline)
The 4 acceptable citation styles for Spectrum.
What are:
- Chicago
- MLA
- APA
- CSE
Creative work submissions for Spectrum must be accompanied by this component.
What is a scholarly sidebar?
The donation funded community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.
What is the Directory of Open Access Journals?
Drs. Lisa Claypool and Joao Soares.
Who are our faculty advisors?
The three possible calls an editor can make after a manuscript is peer-reviewed.
What are:
- Reject (and resubmit)
- Accept with minor revisions
- Accept with major revisions
Two key things you should never do when copyediting.
- introduce new errors
- change the authors intent
The number of issues published by Spectrum to date.
What is 5?
A set of principles and a range of practices through which research outputs are distributed online, free of cost or other access barriers.
What is open access?
Spectrum's peer-to-peer blended learning editorial training model was first featured here.
What is the Library Publishing Forum?
After an article is accepted, it is sent off for ___.
What is copyediting?
The minimum number of passes a copyeditor will do when copyediting a manuscript.
What is 3?
The open source software application that Spectrum uses to manage editorial workflow and publishing.
What is Open Journal Systems?
The oldest student journal published by the University of Alberta.
What is the Alberta Law Review?
Spectrum encourages all authors to publish under this copyright license.
What is the Creative Commons attribution license (CC BY 4.0)?
A feedback technique to balance constructive criticism with positive comments.
What is the sandwich method?
Correcting a spelling error is an example of ___ editing.
What is mechanical editing?
The name of Nadiya's cat.
Who is Tibby?
The number of active student journals currently published through the University of Alberta's library publishing program.
What is 15?
Spectrum's first curatorial art exhibition.
What is "Making the World: Pictures and Science in Modern China"?