Job Title: Associate or Senior Editor, Communications Earth & Environment

Location(s): Shanghai, Beijing, Nanjing, New York and Pune – Hybrid Working Model.

Application Deadline: 14th April 2024, applicants will be considered as they apply.


About the Role

We are currently seeking an Associate or Senior Editor with experience in research to join Communications Earth & Environment - a fast-growing multidisciplinary open access journal for the Earth and environmental sciences. The journal complements our other Nature Portfolio open access titles, Nature Communications and Scientific Reports as well as the npj’s. You will be responsible for selecting and preparing manuscripts for publication. You will also promote the journal’s coverage of all the fields within these broad disciplines, with a particular focus on the environmental or environmental social sciences. The position is offered on a permanent, full-time basis (starting end of April), and will be based in our New York, Pune, Nanjing, Beijing or Shanghai office (on a hybrid working basis).

If you love science, are passionate about communication of science, and enjoy reading papers outside your chosen area of research, you could be the person we are looking for to join the editorial team of Communications Earth & Environment.
Role Responsibilities:

• Selection of manuscripts for publication in the journal, with the appropriate editorial oversight and

within the framework of its editorial policy

• Make those manuscripts selected for publication accessible to a wide readership, by giving attention

to their titles and introductory sections, particularly the abstract, and by suggesting to the authors any

structural changes that are needed.

• Ensure that manuscripts accepted for publication are transferred to production in an appropriate,

complete state.

• Recommend appropriate manuscripts to the Chief Editor for journal press releases and write press

release drafts.

• Recruit, train, support and keep engaged a team of external editors, ensuring that they understand an

implement the philosophy and policies of the journal

• Attend conferences and meetings and visit research institutions (in agreement with the Chief Editor)

and report on these activities.

• Advise Advertising and Marketing as required, answering questions raised and offering

suggestions/leads wherever possible.

• Devise and supply editorial content for special projects as agreed with the Chief Editor.
Experience, Skills & Qualifications:

• Research experience to PhD level (or equivalent) in one or more disciplines that fall within the

environmental or environmental social sciences. However, strong candidates from all areas of the Earth

and environmental sciences will be considered.

• Editorial experience, postdoctoral experience and broad training will be an advantage.

• A passion for science and a desire to learn more. You must be able to demonstrate the breadth of

your interest in scientific research, both within and beyond your speciality.

• The ability to read and assess the novelty, context and implications of research submitted to the

journal from different disciplines.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and fluency in English (written and spoken).

• A desire to meet scientists worldwide, online and in person, and to learn more about them and their

research, and help them learn more about us and what we are looking for in the papers we seek to

publish.
Applicants should send:

• a CV (including a brief account of their research and other relevant experience)

• a research highlight in Nature style (about 150 words) on a recent paper in Communications Earth &

Environment

• and a brief cover letter explaining their interest in the post and their salary expectations.

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语言要求：英语
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