EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE AT PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS.

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EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE AT PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Saad E. Hebboul The American Physical Society, Ridge, NY http://prl.aps.org

OUTLINE PRL EDITORIAL JOB PRL INNER WORKINGS EDITORIAL ENVIRONMENT EDITORIAL CAREER

EDITORIAL OFFICES, RIDGE NEW YORK

PRL EDITORIAL OFFICE OF Saad Hebboul

MANUSCRIPT TASK WORK FOR Saad Hebboul

MANUSCRIPT TASK WORK FOR Saad Hebboul TASK INDIVISIBLE QUANTUM UNIT OF EDITORIAL WORK ( ~ 1 Task / Manuscript )

MANUSCRIPT TASK WORK FOR Saad Hebboul TASK INDIVISIBLE QUANTUM UNIT OF EDITORIAL WORK ( ~ 1 Task / Manuscript ) REAL-TIME LISTS OF TASKS FOR FULL-TIME EDITOR : LOAD = 800-1000 MANUSCRIPTS / YEAR

MANUSCRIPT TASK WORK FOR Saad Hebboul TASK INDIVISIBLE QUANTUM UNIT OF EDITORIAL WORK ( ~ 1 Task / Manuscript ) GLOBAL CATEGORIES OF TASKS FOR EACH PRL EDITOR REAL-TIME LISTS OF TASKS FOR FULL-TIME EDITOR : LOAD = 800-1000 MANUSCRIPTS / YEAR DETAILED CATEGORIES OF TASKS FOR EACH PRL EDITOR

MANUSCRIPT TASK WORK FOR Saad Hebboul TASK INDIVISIBLE QUANTUM UNIT OF EDITORIAL WORK ( ~ 1 Task / Manuscript ) GLOBAL CATEGORIES OF TASKS FOR EACH PRL EDITOR REAL-TIME LISTS OF TASKS FOR FULL-TIME EDITOR : LOAD = 800-1000 MANUSCRIPTS / YEAR DETAILED CATEGORIES OF TASKS FOR EACH PRL EDITOR SUGGESTIONS / PHYSICS SELECTIONS

GLOBAL TASK CATEGORIES FOR PRL EDITORS Total number of tasks for editor to act on No Report from referee / Back From Referee No Report from referee / Out To Referee Manuscripts that are too long to review Back-up tasks from editors who are out Daily tasks done by editor ( 20 40 / Day )

DETAILED TASK CATEGORIES FOR PRL EDITORS > 13 days old tasks for ALL PRL Editors Miscellaneous types of office internal tasks New manuscripts that are ready for editor All reports from Referees & Boards Back From Author Resubmissions Correspondence from Authors & Referees > 9 days old tasks for ONE PRL Editor New manuscripts that just arrived in office No Report / Transfer Report / Joint Report Not all reports from Referees & Boards

OUTLINE PRL EDITORIAL JOB PRL INNER WORKINGS EDITORIAL ENVIRONMENT EDITORIAL CAREER

FIELDS OF SCIENCE EVOLUTIONARY TREE OF SCIENCE TIME

FIELDS OF SCIENCE PRL GOALS & CRITERIA HIGHLIGHT MAJOR PROGRESS IN ALL FIELDS TIME

FIELDS OF SCIENCE PRL GOALS & CRITERIA ACHIEVE CROSS-FIELD FERTILIZATION TIME

RECEIPTS ( 10 3 ) / YEAR 12.5 10.0 RECEIPTS 1958 -- 2011 TOTAL 7.5 5.0 REST 2.5 EUROPE USA 0.0 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 YEAR

PUBLISHED LETTERS ( 10 3 ) / YEAR ACCEPTANCE RATE 5 4 PUBLISHED LETTERS ACCEPTANCE RATE 1982 -- 2011 100% 80% 3 60% 2 40% 1 20% 0 1980 1990 2000 2010 YEAR 0%

EDITORS RECEIPTS ( 10 3 ) / YEAR 25 20 EDITORS RECEIPTS 1958 -- 2011 12.5 10.0 15 7.5 10 5.0 5 2.5 0 0.0 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 YEAR

EDITORS RECEIPTS ( 10 3 ) / YEAR 25 SAME EDITORS / INCREASING RECEIPTS 12.5 20 10.0 15 7.5 10 5.0 5 2.5 0 0.0 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 YEAR

FIELD ASSIGNMENTS FOR PRL EDITORS MAIN PACS # identifies the EDITOR for your MANUSCRIPT EDITOR A EDITOR B 10 30 50 70 90 PACS NUMBERS

MANUSCRIPT PRL REFEREE SELECTION : ( Step 1 of 2 ) REFERENCES KEY WORDS WORKING LIST OF REFEREES ( < 100 ) PACS NUMBERS COVER LETTER DATABASE ( > 55,000 )

PRL REFEREE SELECTION : ( Step 2 of 2 ) AVAILABILITY? NO 2-3 YES EXPERTISE? NO REFEREES YES REF. RECORD? NO WORKING LIST OF REFEREES ( < 100 ) YES YES PUB. RECORD? NO COLLABORATIONS? NO YES

PRL REJECTION WITHOUT REVIEW PRL Editors reject about 10 % - 20 % of new manuscripts without external review. These include manuscripts that are : POOR INCOMPLETE SPECIALIZED MARGINAL

PRESENTATION vs. RESEARCH TITLE ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION CONCLUSION REFERENCES RESULT FIGURES TABLES EQUATIONS ANALYSIS DISCUSSION INTERNAL COUPLING

PRESENTATION RESEARCH INTERNAL COUPLING

OUTLINE PRL EDITORIAL JOB PRL INNER WORKINGS EDITORIAL ENVIRONMENT EDITORIAL CAREER

PRL EDITORS : PART 1 of 3 Yonko Millev Ling Miao ( PRX ) Saad Hebboul Sami Mitra Jerry Malenfant Abhishek Agarwal George Basbas Reiny Schuhmann Robert Garisto Donavan Hall Jane Throwe Jack Sandweiss, CHAIRMAN Valerie Miller, PRODUCTION/PRA Carla Lombardi, PRODUCTION John Ripka, PRODUCTION Jessica Thomas, PHYSICS

PRL EDITORS : PART 2 of 3 Sonja Grondalski Manolis Antonoyiannakis Daniel Ucko Deniz van Heijnsbergen

PRL EDITORS : PART 3 of 3 Frank Narducci Brant Johnson Karsten Kruse Stanley Brown

Sami Mitra, PRL Debbie Brodbar, RMP Margaret Malloy, PRA&E APS MARCH 2012 MEETING, BOSTON, MA

Matt Eager, PRB Sharon Lensky, JIS Robert Garisto, PRL DirkJan Bukman, PRE Rashmi Ray, PRD RIDGE HOLIDAY LUNCHEON, 12/15/11

Rashmi Ray, PRD Tony Begley, PRB Sharon Lensky, JIS Robert Garisto, PRL Reiny Schuhmann, PRL Matt Eager, PRB Arthur Smith, JIS RIDGE HOLIDAY LUNCHEON, 12/15/11

Saad Hebboul, PRL George Basbas, PRL RIDGE EDITORIAL HUMOR, 03/27/12

EDITORIAL HUMOR The referee writes in his report : This manuscript is terse, so my report will also be terse.

EDITORIAL HUMOR The referee writes under JOINT REPORT : None. I wrote this report all by myself. My mother would be proud.

EDITORIAL HUMOR The authors do not like the report of referee A : The report of referee A reads like a message from an asylum.

EDITORIAL HUMOR The authors resubmit many months later : We finally succeeded in removing the obscured abracadabra from our manuscript so that the referees can understand our work better.

OUTLINE PRL EDITORIAL JOB PRL INNER WORKINGS EDITORIAL ENVIRONMENT EDITORIAL CAREER

EDITORIAL CAREER AS A SEPARATE WORLD Many Different Journals Many Different Skills Editorial

SPECTRUM OF DIFFERENT CAREER WORLDS Funding Academic Editorial Patenting Industrial Financial WORLDS

SPECTRUM OF DIFFERENT CAREER WORLDS NO SUPERIOR / INFERIOR CAREER WORLDS Funding Academic Editorial Patenting Industrial Financial WORLDS

SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND FOR PRL EDITORS ACADEMIC PhD GRADUATE EDITORIAL SCIENTIFIC FIELDS

SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND FOR PRL EDITORS ACADEMIC PhD GRADUATE + POSTDOCTORAL EDITORIAL PhD GRADUATE SCIENTIFIC FIELDS

ADDITIONAL SKILLS FOR PRL EDITORS WRITTEN & ORAL COMMUNICATIONS APPRECIATION OF RESEARCH DONE BY OTHERS ACCEPTANCE OF ALL SCIENTIFIC FIELDS INTUITION FOR QUALITY OF RESEARCH INTEREST IN HELPING AUTHORS & REFEREES COMFORTABLE IN SOCIAL SETTINGS ABILITY TO TAKE CRITICISM

ENHANCING RESUMES FOR EDITORIAL JOBS INCLUDE PLENTY OF EMPTY SPACE AROUND EACH ITEM INCLUDE TWO TO FIVE WELL SPACED BULLET ITEMS : Reviewed 3 manuscripts for PRL, 4 for PRB, and 2 for Nature Co-authored 2 Letters in PRL, 3 Articles in PRB, and 1 Article in Nature INCLUDE A LINK TO YOUR YOUTUBE - STYLE VIDEO < 5 min INCLUDE YOUR PHOTO IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER

INAPPROPRIATE PHOTOS FOR RESUMES Fashionable Posture Distracting Background Wedding Like Obstructing Hat

APPROPRIATE PHOTOS FOR RESUMES NO Face Obstructions NO Distracting Backgrounds

SUMMARY PRL EDITORIAL JOB : Editors work on manuscripts in various real-time queues. Each full-time editor handles dozens of manuscripts / day. PRL INNER WORKINGS : Review major progress in all fields & Induce cross-field fertilization. Referee selection is a two-step process using key words, references, etc. Rejection without external review for 10% - 20% of new manuscripts. EDITORIAL ENVIRONMENT : Editors attend various domestic & international conferences. Relaxed academic atmosphere without students & No campus. EDITORIAL CAREER : Editorial world exists between Academic & Patent worlds. Candidates qualify by gaining broad scientific background + specialty. Resumes can be enhanced by self-portrait photos & links to videos.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS LANCE COOPER AUTHORS REFEREES READERS

MAIN MATERIAL SOURCES PRL : prl.aps.org CLIP ART : www.clipart.com GOOGLE IMAGES : www.google.com/imghp CELESTIA : www.celestiamotherlode.net