Miranda Robertson

Miranda Robertson
Born
Miranda Barnett[1]

1945
London
OccupationScientific Editor
Known forBiology Editor of the journal Nature; editor for the textbook Molecular Biology of the Cell

Miranda Robertson is a scientific editor. She is known for serving as Biology Editor at Nature from 1983 to 1992, during which time Nature's visibility and influence in the life sciences substantially increased,[2][3] and for her contributions to the influential textbook Molecular Biology of the Cell.[4][5] As editor of BMC's open-access Journal of Biology, she introduced pioneering improvements in the process of peer review, including the ability for authors to opt out of re-review.[6][7]

  1. ^ Births registered in January, February and March 1945. Pancras District, London. pp. Vol 1b, p25.
  2. ^ "History of the Journal Nature: The 1980s". www.nature.com. Retrieved 2019-02-17.
  3. ^ Newmark, Peter (2015). "Who nurtured Nature?". Current Biology. 25 (22): R1060–R1061. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.09.050.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Vines, Gail (2 September 1989). "Cellular Success:: Molecular biology of the cell. By Bruce Alberts, Dennis Bray, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, James D. Watson. Garland Publishing. pp1082, $51.95". New Scientist. 1680: 65.
  6. ^ "A re-review of peer review: Leading journal looks to end the 'review nightmare'". phys.org. Retrieved 2019-02-17.
  7. ^ Robertson, Miranda (2009-01-27). "What are journals for?". Journal of Biology. 8 (1): 1. doi:10.1186/jbiol111. ISSN 1475-4924. PMC 2656217.