Call for New Editors
Partners in Digital Health (PDH) journals are growing! We are recruiting global Editors, Associate Editors, Regional Editors, Peer Reviewers, and Early Career Reviewers.
We are interested in engaging a broader diversity of
individuals, across different demographics and nationalities. Early and established researchers and subject experts from developing countries and under-represented groups are encouraged to apply. Perspective new team members should have:
- Experience of the publication process, as evidenced by first-authored publications
- Demonstrably strong expertise in one or more areas
relevant to the journal
- Willingness to handle manuscripts rapidly
- Interest in advancing younger scientists and supporting under-represented groups
Who are we looking for?
Experts in the fields below, with a passion for open access,
innovation, data sharing, and the drive to be an advocate for their field. We want individuals who are in early and mid-career stages of their independent research careers, or frontline practitioners with real world experience in the trenches in the following fields:
What are the responsibilities?
You will work together with in-house, professional editors to serve the community by assessing, selecting and helping to improve the papers that are submitted. A key aspect of this is evaluating new submissions, managing, and participating in the peer review process. You will share the responsibility for the
scientific quality of the manuscripts that you review. You will adhere to ethics, editorial standards, policies, and scope of the journal to ensure manuscripts are handled efficiently and appropriately.
- Be willing to handle 1 or 2 manuscripts on a quarterly basis (we can set a predetermined limit)
- Write one editorial or blog for the journal or submit an original research
manuscript
- Providing timely, fair, and constructive peer reviews
- Encouraging colleagues to support the journal by submitting high quality work
- Serve a 2-year term
- You will have access to training modules to help develop your skills, and our in-house Editorial and
administrative team will be on hand to provide additional support
- Be an ambassador for the journal
- Participate on the annual global board meeting
- Promoting progressive publishing ideas
- Make recommendations to improve the journal, strategic directions, new
features, departments
What are the benefits?
- Contribute to your community providing efficient, constructive handling of papers
- Raise your profile and benefit your career by being an active participant in your field, through your work on the journal and interactions with authors, reviewers and
fellow editors, industry and thought leaders around the globe
- Participate in the annual ConV2X Symposium
- Network and gain career exposure with speaker opportunities, join the speakers bureau, and moderate webinars and podcasts and debates
- Waiver of article processing charge (APC) for 1 article each year of your
term
- Peer review experience can be used in employment applications and grant funding
- “Behind the scenes” views to enhance your knowledge of how editorial decisions are made and contribute insight into the peer review process
- Increase your knowledge of your field by exposure to research, and the expertise of
peers
- Opportunity to shape the field and the publishing landscape by acting as an advocate for the active research community
- Become familiar with and maintain the high ethical standards of the journal
Compensation
Editors are unpaid
volunteers. This is to keep publication costs to a minimum and offer free publishing for authors without open-access funding.
Time off policy
We are all over committed. The journals and journal leadership is very cognizant of your personal and professional busy schedule. If an editor goes through a busy or stressful period they can just let us know that they won’t be
able to handle submissions for a while. We will circle back in future.
Workflow
- When asked to handle a paper, you should accept or decline as soon as you receive your invitation. Accept if you have the time to read the paper and are comfortable with the topic.
- You should then read the paper within 1-2
weeks, and make the decision of whether to reject, revise and resubmit, or accept it.
Eligibility
- Preference for applicants with first author experience on two or more published peer-reviewed manuscripts
- Applicants at universities, health systems and payors are encouraged to
apply
- Commitment to fostering a collegiate culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Previous editorial experience is not required
- Adherence to ethics and manuscript confidentiality
How to Apply: Please send a brief cover letter of interest,
CV, and a 200-word summary of your specific research expertise and experience to the editor at [email protected] or address to John Russo, PhD, Managing Editor at [email protected]
Applications are evaluated by editors-in-chief, editors, and publisher.
