BioMed Central has produced a set of detailed documents, covering the areas listed below, to help you run and develop your journal.

Code of Conduct for Independent Journal Editors
Recruiting and maintaining your Editorial Board
Encouraging submissions to the journal
Peer review strategy
Finding referees for peer review
Using different types of articles
Commissioning articles for the journal
Publishing a thematic series
Publishing supplements
Using copy-editing services
Indexing services
Partnerships with societies
Journal promotion
Marketing exchanges with conferences
Enhancing the journal's reputation through the media
Editor's tools guide
Useful links and resources
Useful contacts at BioMed Central

To download the independent journals development pack in PDF form, please click here

If you have any questions about any of the information presented here, please contact the independent journals team, who will be pleased to help.

Please also check the Editors' newsletter, which is emailed to all independent journal Editors and Editorial Board members and posted online, for specific updates.

We will continue to create more documents as and when they are required, and will announce them in the Editors' newsletters. If you would like to suggest a topic, please let us know.

The Independent Journals team
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