Position Title: Assistant Editor

Working Location: Beijing or Shanghai, China

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About the Role:

Interested in starting a career in research publishing? Wiley’s Comprehensive Editorial Evaluation Team (CEET), which is responsible for managing the peer-review process and decision-making for a portfolio of >120 in-house journals across physical, life, and health sciences, including renowned journals such as Advanced Science, Advanced Materials, and other Advanced journals, Angewandte Chemie, Chemistry Europe titles, Small, physical status solidi, Macromolecular titles, and Current Protocols is expanding and therefore looking for additional Assistant Editors.

How you will make an impact:

Be responsible for organization of the peer-review process and editorial decision-making from submission until acceptance for publication and export to production – evaluation and triage of submitted manuscripts, reviewer selection, assessment of reviewer reports and revised submissions, and final decision (acceptance or referral and transfer to relevant sister journals).
Be an active member of a global editorial team and collaborate with other international colleagues on a daily basis.
Have many (online) interactions with our authors and reviewers – researchers from all over the world.
Be involved in strategic acquisition of new content for our journals – for instance, commissioning of invited articles and planning of special issues or series.
Contribute to (cross-functional/departmental) workflow optimization project workgroups.
Altogether, gain on-the-job experience in many different aspects of scholarly publishing.

What we look for:

Have a PhD degree in the natural sciences; any additional postdoc experience could be beneficial. International research experience at a university or institute abroad would be highly preferred.

Currently, we are primarily looking for subject matter experts in:

engineering, technology (e.g., electronic devices), and adjacent areas of materials/nanoscience
Have a passion for science and its communication and are prepared to broaden their knowledge by working across a spectrum of research areas.
Have a good understanding of the peer-review process (for example, have been previously involved as an editor, author, or reviewer).

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