Working from a Distance: The Collaboration of an Editor and a Managing Editor

Publishing a professional journal requires the collaboration of authors, reviewers, editorial boards, editors, managing editors, and publishing company staff. The purpose of this article is to describe one successful model of distance collaboration between the editor and the managing editor for the Journal of Professional Nursing (JPN). We describe the role of the editor and the managing editor in each step of the publishing process. Although the editor resides in Salt Lake City, Utah and the managing editor works in Washington, DC, they employ a seamless procedure for processing the manuscripts.