Back in the day, when I was working on my PhD in HPS at Chelsea College, I shared an office with Don Gillies during his time as Editor of the journal. Those were the days of hard copy submissions that would arrive by post and pile up on Don’s desk in brown envelopes, to then be copied again and mailed out to referees. Don would occasionally ask me to look over the physics-based papers, just to check whether they were kosher or crazy, and I had an up-close look at what editing a journal actually involved. That didn’t put me off from applying to be Co-Editor-in-Chief with Michela Massimi ten years ago, but the ‘shape’ of the job had clearly changed by then. First of all, Oxford University Press had recently installed ScholarOne, the electronic ‘workflow management system’, so no more dodgy photocopies in brown envelopes. Everything now, from submission to selection of referees to the final decision, was to be handled online. Fortunately, we managed to hire Beth Hannon, who not only had a HPS background but had also worked for OUP, and she has done an absolutely outstanding job in managing the journal on a day-to-day basis, wrestling with The System and keeping everything on track, including the other editors. More than that, she has also expanded the reach of the journal, not only through the ubiquitous social media forums we’ve collaborated on, but also by means of new developments such as our blog, ‘Auxiliary Hypotheses’, our separate ‘BJPS Reviews of Books’ webpage and, recently, ‘Short Reads’, where authors summarize their soon to be published papers.

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那天，当我在切尔西学院（Chelsea College）的HPS攻读博士学位时，在他担任该期刊的编辑期间，我与Don Gillies共享了一个办公室。那是硬拷贝提交的日子，可以通过邮寄到达，然后用棕色信封堆积在Don的桌子上，然后再次复印并邮寄给裁判。Don偶尔会要求我查看基于物理学的论文，只是要检查它们是犹太洁食还是疯子，而我近距离研究了编辑期刊实际涉及的内容。这并没有让我十年前申请成为米歇拉·马西米（Michela Massimi）的总编辑，但那时的工作“形态”已经明显改变。首先，牛津大学出版社最近安装了电子“工作流管理系统” ScholarOne，因此不再有棕色信封里的小巧影印件。现在一切 从提交到裁判的选择到最终决定，都将在线处理。幸运的是，我们设法聘请了Beth Hannon，她不仅具有HPS背景而且还为OUP工作过，她在日常管理期刊，与The System进行角力并保持一切正常，包括其他编辑。不仅如此，她还不仅通过我们合作的无处不在的社交媒体论坛，而且通过诸如博客“辅助假设”，我们的单独的“ BJPS评论”之类的新发展，扩大了该期刊的范围。图书”网页，以及最近的“短读”，作者在其中总结了即将出版的论文。她不仅具有HPS背景，还曾为OUP工作，她在日常管理期刊，与The System进行角力并保持一切进展（包括其他编辑）方面做得非常出色。不仅如此，她还不仅通过我们合作的无处不在的社交媒体论坛，而且通过诸如博客“辅助假设”，我们的单独的“ BJPS评论”之类的新发展，扩大了该期刊的范围。图书”网页，以及最近的“短读”，作者在其中总结了即将出版的论文。她不仅具有HPS背景，还曾为OUP工作，她在日常管理期刊，与The System进行角力并保持一切进展（包括其他编辑）方面做得非常出色。不仅如此，她还不仅通过我们合作的无处不在的社交媒体论坛，而且通过诸如博客“辅助假设”，我们的单独的“ BJPS评论”之类的新发展，扩大了该期刊的范围。图书”网页，以及最近的“短读”，作者在其中总结了即将出版的论文。