Miranda Robertson
Miranda Robertson | |
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| Born | Miranda Barnett 1945 London |
| Occupation | Scientific Editor |
| Known for | Biology 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, and for her contributions to the influential textbook Molecular Biology of the Cell. 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.