AGU Journal Seeks Editor in Chief

 
Published: 11 July 2014

The American Geophysical Union (AGU) is seeking a dynamic, well-organized scientist with high editorial standards to serve a 4-year term as the editor-in-chief for the Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems (JAMES). The editor-in-chief will be the principal architect of the scientific content for the journal and an active scientist, well known and well regarded in their discipline.

The editor-in-chief will act as an ambassador to authors and editors in the scientist community and will be the public voice of the journal through appearances on behalf of the journal, editorials in the journal, and through interactions with scientists and the public.

The editor-in-chief will also:

  • promote the journal to the relevant community,
  • solicit manuscripts from leading practitioners in order to facilitate the publication of breakthrough and innovative science,
  • work with AGU staff, other journal editors, and AGU members to extend the reputation of the journal,
  • participate in panels or other public discussion in their role as editor-in-chief, and
  • work in conjunction with AGU staff to create marketing objectives (from which AGU staff will develop and execute a plan that AGU staff will execute) to attract authors and help the library community realize the value of the journal.

Part of the editor-in-chief role includes setting the strategy for the journal. JAMES publishes research related to a wide variety of problems in climate science, including atmospheric and oceanic circulations on multiple scales; radiation, cloud physics, boundary layer, and land surface processes; the biosphere and cyrosphere; biogeochemical cycles; and the development of numerical methods, model parameterizations, and data assimilation methods for earth systems modeling.

The editor-in-chief will monitor the competition and ensure that the AGU journal is state-of-the-art in terms of science and will work with staff to initiate new features, new article types, and original editorial content. The editor-in-chief will work in conjunction with AGU staff and journal editors to set short- and long-term goals, objectives, and strategies for the journal. Typical items to be examined include nature and scope of the journal, features and enhancements, changes in the author community, time to decision, enhancements to the electronic versions, and enhancements to the journal website.

For more information regarding scope of work and editorial philosophy, see the AGU announcement.

To be considered as a candidate, send a letter of interest and curriculum vitae via email to pubmatters@agu.org. Please specify JAMES in the subject line. Deadline for applications is July 31, 2014.