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Assistant Editor
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New York, NY, United States
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BioMed Central (BMC) is a large portfolio of peer-reviewed open access journals for Science, Technology and Medicine. The journals span all areas of biology, medicine and health, including broad interest titles such as BMC Biology and BMC Medicine alongside specialist journals, such as Malaria Journal and BMC Infectious Diseases.
Assistant Editor
BioMed Central - BMC Series
New York
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 scientifically valid research.
The Assistant Editor 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 identify and invite reviewers across a wide spectrum of biomedical disciplines.
Responsibilities:
• Assessing manuscripts or adherence to our editorial policies and resolving questions with authors when required
• 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)
• 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
• Proactively suggest to Editors areas where additional Associate Editors or Section Editors would be beneficial
• Identify potential new members for the Editorial Board for Executive Editors’ consideration
• Highlighting interesting articles for PR and potentially getting involved in writing highlights and blog posts
• Other duties as required
Experience, Skills, and Qualifications:
• Educated to a degree level in a scientific field (biomedicine ideal)
• An interest in open access publishing
• 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
• 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 and as part of a team
• Experience in an online environment
• Scientific editorial/publishing experience
We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
• Medical, Dental and Vision
• Life and AD&D
• 401(k)
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Transit Accounts
• Tuition Assistance
• Summer Hours
Springer Nature is an Equal Opportunity Employer that complies with the laws and regulations set forth in the following EEO Is The Law Poster:
http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf.
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Springer Nature is the world’s largest academic book publisher, publisher of the world’s highest impact journals and a pioneer in the field of open research. The company numbers almost 13,000 staff in over 50 countries and has a turnover of approximately EUR 1.5 billion. Springer Nature was formed in 2015 through the merger of Nature Publishing Group, Palgrave Macmillan, Macmillan Education and Springer Science+Business Media.