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Work interests: research, editing, science communication
Affiliation/website: National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka
Preferred contact method: Any
Preferred contact language(s): English, German
Contact: email = researchcooperative-at-gmail-dot-com
Favourite publications: Various, and especially the open access versions of older journals with effective review systems
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Affiliations: 1996-present: National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka. 1995: Freelance editor, Kyoto. 1994: JSPS Research Visitor, Kyoto University, Kyoto. 1993: Research Visitor, Australian National University, Canberra. 1991: Visiting Researcher, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka.1990: STA Fellow, National Institute for Ornamental Plants, Vegetables, and Tea (NIVOT), Ano, Japan
Contact: National Museum of Ethnology, Senri Expo Park, Suita City, Osaka, Japan 565-8511
Biographical: Established the Research Cooperative in 2001
Favourite Publications: Various
Editing at the third proof stage
Work on the book is nearing an end (see recent posts on editing at the first proof stage , and building a book production team ).
We have finished checking the chapter third proofs one-by-one for the printing company. We still had a significant amount of punctuation to correct, and reference research to complete.
I wish publishers could require authors to do editing for other authors, in return for publishing a paper and open access. This would raise awareness among authors of the effort needed to prepare publications, and perhaps encourage more authors to care more about the details of their own writing.
Half of the difficulty of publishing lies in checking the mountain of detail that has to be corrected to produce something that readers might trust and want to read.
Having said all that, there is also fun in crafting a book and anticipating the final product. Our museum has a cheerful copy-editor who has stayed calm in the face of daily disaster.
