Acting Senior Editor, The Lancet Primary Care London Wall
Guangdong_Kerry Plaza
Full time
In-house Senior Editor (Maternity cover)
Do you enjoy using science to drive change in the world?
Join the team shaping The Lancet's gold open access primary care journal
The Lancet Primary Care is part of The Lancet's family of world-renowned medical journals committed to publishing the best science for better lives. We handle high-quality research, reviews, and commentaries to drive thought leadership across all aspects of Primary care. We build solid relationships with research communities to ensure we offer, exciting, interesting and thought-provoking content.
As an in-house Senior Editor, you will oversee the creation and publication of original material for our online journal. You will take ownership of overseeing submissions and performing quality peer review to ensure we publish high-quality content. You will build global relationships with experts in the community to disseminate and discuss practice-changing results from the field.
As part of our ongoing efforts to enhance the diversity of our editorial team, we welcome applications from individuals who bring unique skills and perspectives to the role.
Managing peer review of high-quality research papers, and commissioning authors to ensure the successful production of new and engaging articles
Developing and maintaining relationships with our integral primary care community to attract high-quality research for the journal
Attending conferences and events to represent the journal, keeping up to date with current developments in primary care and identifying potential topics of interest
Writing editorials and other content for the journal as required.
An MD or PhD with postdoctoral experience in a relevant subject, or, a postgraduate higher degree in a relevant discipline plus substantial editorial experience at a senior level on a peer reviewed STM journal
Ability to demonstrate thorough knowledge of biological and medica