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Assigning to AEs Before the Manuscript FastTrack online peer review system was used, authors of multi-chapter, multi-author publications, such as production manuals, typically submitted all chapters to one Associate Editor.
The Communication Advisory Board's original recommendation was that each ANR publication in distribution be reviewed every three years. This proved to be unrealistic in terms of time and workload.
To lighten Associate Editors workload, the Communications Advisory Board approved a procedure that thins out old and poor-selling publications annually without requiring them to be peer reviewed.
In addition to determining which old publications should be discarded, Associate Editors are responsible for determining if a publication should be reprinted.
Occasionally ANR authors wish to shorten, reorganize and adapt their previously published ANR publication so it can appear in a different format, such as online.
The following series of major ANR Communication Services publications deal with pest management information for agricultural crops, but in different ways.
All ANR peer-reviewed manuscripts with a trade or chemical name of a pesticide must be checked by the Office of Pesticide Information and Coordination (OPIC). Educational statements such as DDT was used in California crop production from 1945 to 1972 does not need to be approved by OPIC.
Agriculture is a hazardous occupation, ranking in the top five most hazardous industries in California and the nation. Visual images, as well as the written or spoken word, can serve to condone or even encourage behaviors, practices and conditions that lead to injury and death.
The chair of the Associate Editor is selected from previous or current ANR Associate Editors to serve in a liaison and problem-solving role. Janet Hartin is the current chair.
Sometimes authors have funds to get their peer-reviewed publication designed and laid out by a freelance graphic artist or grad student before submitting it to Publishing ready for printing.
