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Video: Guiding the peer review process at Nature Communications

Nature Communications editor Dr. Michelle Trenkmann explains the essential role of an editor in guiding a paper through the peer review process.

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We sat down with editor Dr. Michelle Trenkmann to discuss what she likes about her role and how editors help manuscripts get to publication:

Learn more about all of the editors at Nature Communications by visiting: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/about/editors

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