Quan-Hoang Vuong‡, Manh-Toan Ho‡Corresponding author: Quan-Hoang Vuong ( hoang.vuongquan@phenikaa-uni.edu.vn ) Corresponding author: Manh-Toan Ho ( toan.homanh@phenikaa-uni.edu.vn ) Academic editor: Ksenija Bazdaric © Quan-Hoang Vuong, Manh-Toan Ho. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Vuong Q-H, Ho M-T (2020) Rethinking editorial management and productivity in the COVID-19 pandemic. European Science Editing 46: e56541. https://doi.org/10.3897/ese.2020.e56541 |  |
The indirect costs of the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically extended work absenteeism and possible loss of productivity, are discussed focusing on the research community and its publishing. We suggest that the community should learn strategic and innovative decision-making as well as crisis management from business management to think ahead, especially about working effectively and being productive in times of crisis. The main challenges are:
1) communicating scientific and credible information about the pandemic,
2) focusing on being productive to provide some certainty, and
3) adopting a new mindset and being open to unexpected opportunities.