<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear all,<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I am still planning a get-together for anyone interested in learning more about DIALOG. In addition, Dr. Dugald McGlashan, Editor for Marine and Freshwater Research, has agreed to meet with any interested people during the last half hour of the OS06 Opening reception and over dinner for those who are interested. This is NOT part of the regular OS06 meeting, it is a special activity organized by Dugald. This is a great opportunity. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Remember, we will meet at around 6:30 by the elevators, and those interested in dinner with the group, we will organize to leave at around 7:00. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>FYI Below is a short abstract put together by Dugald:</DIV><DIV>-- Anyone may come to this, but this is the only announcement that will go out. Please pass on to anyone who will be at OS06 that you think might be interested (students, advisors, colleagues, etc. etc.</DIV><DIV>-- In order to help us plan, please send an e-mail to Dugald if you plan to join us for dinner or talk with him during the reception:</DIV><DIV><A href="mailto:Dugald.McGlashan@csiro.au">Dugald.McGlashan@csiro.au</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>***********************</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">An editorial view of the publishing process and developments in scientific publishing</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Dr Dugald McGlashan, Editor, Marine and Freshwater Research</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">CSIRO PUBLISHING, PO Box 1139, Collingwood, Victoria, 3066, Australia</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Tel: +61 (0)3 9662 7618 Fax: +61 (0)3 9662 7611</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Email: <A href="mailto:dugald.mcglashan@csiro.au">dugald.mcglashan@csiro.au</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Online submission and contents at <A href="http://www.publish.csiro.au/journals/mfr">www.publish.csiro.au/journals/mfr</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Publishing papers in the primary literature is an important part of the scientific process. It can be a time-consuming, yet rewarding and challenging experience. I present the steps from submission to acceptance, and an editorial viewpoint of the publication process. A number of elements contribute to successful publication: careful planning of the original experimental design and research work, preparing the paper with due thought for the reader (presenting the background to the study and the hypothesis being tested, providing full details of all methods, discussion of the data in context and without speculation), following the chosen journal's instructions to authors, and responding appropriately to the referees' and editor's requests. By combining the elements of scientific publishing competently, the editor will be more likely to make a favourable decision, and the production process to publication will run quickly and smoothly. 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