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BioMed Central is the leading open access publisher of STM (Science, Technology and Medicine) research. Since it was founded in 2000, BioMed Central has successfully pioneered the open access publishing model and brought open access to the mainstream. With offices in London, North America and Asia, the company employs over 290 people across a range of operations including editorial, production, IT and business. BioMed Central is a vibrant and innovative company. It operates in a fast-paced and high-energy environment, hiring talented people who are passionate about science, technology, medicine and open access.
Assistant Editor
BioMed Central
London
Closing Date: 21 July 2017
The BMC series is a group of open access, peer reviewed journals that span all areas of biology and medicine. There are over 60 subject-specific journals focused on the needs of individual research communities, offering an efficient, fair and friendly peer review service, and committed to publishing all sound science, provided that there is some advance in knowledge presented by the work.
You will be responsible for progressing the content of a wide group of journals within the BMC series. This includes assessment of manuscripts for adherence to editorial policies, finding and inviting appropriate peer reviewers, making decisions on manuscripts in conjunction with the Editor and suggesting potential new members of the Editorial Board.
Excellent time management and broad scientific competence is a key part of this role, as you will need to balance the needs of a variety of journals from the BMC series, and be confident to work on manuscripts across a wide spectrum of biomedical disciplines.
Responsibilities:
Company websitessing individual journal content to ensure efficient peer review and adherence to editorial policies
• Assessing manuscripts or adherence to our editorial policies and resolving questions with authors when required
• Inviting appropriate external editors to handle the manuscript
• Manuscript consultation (for example, step in to act as external editors in terms of reviewer inviting, straightforward decision-making, assisting external editors on individual manuscript problems as requested)
• Assessing reject decisions on manuscripts
• Occasionally handle manuscripts through the review process
• Identify manuscripts where difficulties have arisen or where there are difficulties in reaching a straightforward editorial decision and escalate to the Editor for the relevant journal
• Highlight problems or improvements to process to Editors
B. Building Editorial Boards
• Proactively suggest to Editors areas where additional Associate Editors or Section Editors would be beneficial
• Identify potential new members for the Editorial Board for Editors’ consideration
C. Other editorial duties
Other duties may include, on occasion, writing Editor’s Picks for highlighted articles, writing for the BMC series blog, contacting external Editors for advice, liaising with the Research Integrity Group for advice and other tasks of a similar nature as directed.
Knowledge, Skills, Experience
• Educated to degree level in a biomedical field
• An interest in open access publishing
• Knowledge of editorial process and related matters is desirable
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent organisational ability and time-management skills
• Analytical/critical appraisal skills
• A high level of computer literacy (including MS Office, Outlook and internet browsers)
• Pleasant and tactful telephone manner
• Able to respond to non-routine circumstances
• Self-starter with a positive, can-do approach to problem-solving
• Ability to complete allocated tasks and work to (often competing) deadlines
• Ability to work cooperatively with colleagues at all levels
• Ability to work in a team
Experience (desirable)
• Scientific editorial/publishing experience
• Educated to a Masters level (or equivalent) in a biomedical field