Mission Statement:
The Postdoc Editors Club (PEC) is a group of postdoctoral fellows organized as an adjunct of Postdoctoral Council. This group has volunteered to assist postdoc authors in articulating their thoughts by editing scientific manuscripts for language usage, punctuation, and organization. This service was designed specifically to answer the request of many postdocs for whom English is a second language, but we anticipate that it will be useful for any postdoc engaged in scientific writing. This service is intended to optimize the interaction of postdocs and their mentors during the process of preparing a manuscript for publication by minimizing the time they spend on basic writing skills. PEC editors, while endeavoring to clarify meaning, will provide only minimal scientific review of manuscripts as this critical dialogue during the process of preparing a manuscript should occur between postdocs and their mentors.
PEC has instituted a confidentiality policy to protect postdoc authors and their mentors, as well as the editors. A confidentiality statement based on the statement utilized by the International Association of Scientific Editors will be signed by the postdoc author, his mentor, the editor, and the editor-in-chief. In addition, editors will be expected to reveal all conflicts of interest and to withdraw where appropriate, a policy that editor-in-chief will oversee.