Lessons in the art of scientific editing

Abstract

This short commemoration piece highlights dimensions of scientific publishing that the author considers relevant in all publication processes, particularly from the perspective of the science journal editor. Specifically, it shares experiences from working with Ronan Paddison for over ten years, while he was the editor-in-chief of Space and Polity.

Radical geography from the Drumlin: an academic commemoration of Ronan Paddison (1945–2019)

“…The two pieces that then follow concentrate on the more subtle or intangible textures of Ronan's academic life, taking us beyond the 'staged' interventions of publication and presentationthe spaces of written text and conference venuetowards what Ronan added in a more behind-the-scenes capacity. Kirsi Kallio teases out something of the copious, incisive and generous editorial labour that Ronan undertook unstintingly throughout his career (Kallio, 2020), while John Briggs digs into the many, often selfless, ways in which Ronan served his department in Glasgow as educatorteaching many courses, classes and fieldclassesand as leader, manager and administrator striving always to haul Geography at Glasgow, never himself, into the most favourable of positions (Briggs, 2020).…”