Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Neuroscience

General info

• Job Title: Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Neuroscience
• Location: New York, Jersey City, Philadelphia or Berlin
• Application Deadline: January 6, 2025
• To Apply: All applicants must submit a Cover Letter, Resume and a Research Highlight summarizing a recent high-quality neuroscience paper (<250 words)

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About the Role

Handling manuscripts in all areas of neuroscience research, particularly computational, theoretical, systems and cognitive neuroscience; participating in the daily life of the Nature Neuroscience team; contributing significantly to editorial activities and (as appropriate) to the publishing activities of Nature Neuroscience; and such other tasks as the company may assign from time to time.

Responsibilities

Manuscripts

• Selecting and rejecting manuscripts for publication, within the framework of current editorial policy.
• Cover for absent colleagues or lack of special knowledge in the editorial team.
• Where agreed, allocating manuscripts to other team members.
• Establishing Nature Neuroscience reputation in the scientific community by fostering good relationships with researchers.
• Where agreed, taking responsibility for the development of a broad subject area.
• Where agreed, defining topics for Perspective and Review Articles, assessing proposals from potential authors of such articles, handling the resulting manuscripts and improving them via effective editing

Training and development

• Helping other members of the team in handling manuscripts, and participating generally in the training and evolution of the team.
• Where required, training and supervision of new editors in their probationary period, including recommending to the Chief Editor whether the probationary period has been successfully completed. (Senior Editor)
• Where agreed, taking responsibility for the broad progress of aspects of training and personal development within the team. (Senior Editor)
• Active participation in planning an effective publishing strategy for authors; where agreed, taking responsibility for the journal’s input into technological and operational development

Relationships with other departments

• Developing and maintaining effective and productive relations with other members of staff, including other Nature journal editors, editorial assistants, and other relevant departments, such as Author Services.
• Coordinating and collaborating with commercial colleagues, including advice to marketing and advertising departments and making constructive suggestions for sponsored projects.

Experience, Skills, & Qualifications

• PhD
• Postdoctoral experience preferred but not required
• Significant experience as Associate Editor handling manuscripts for Nature Research (or similar experience elsewhere) for Senior Editor level
• Ability to grasp the essence of a manuscript quickly and accurately.
• Ability to select reviewers for and reach decisions on manuscripts quickly and effectively.
• Ability to work in a team.
• Ability to recognize useful leads for front half sections of Nature Neuroscience.
• A thorough understanding and overview of their own area, and the potential to have the same appreciation of other areas.

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