Associate Editor

🔥 15 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $83k - $113.1k / year

⏰ Full Time

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🟡 Mid-level

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American Physical Society

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Founded 1899

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📚 Education

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Science • Education • Non-profit

American Physical Society is a non-profit professional organization and scholarly publisher that advances and promotes the practice of physics. It publishes the Physical Review family of journals (including Physical Review Letters, Physical Review X, and Reviews of Modern Physics), runs open-access publishing initiatives, organizes scientific meetings and conferences for specialized physics communities, provides member services to over 50,000 physicists worldwide, and advocates on behalf of the physics research and education enterprise. The society is headquartered in College Park, MD and offers resources for careers, outreach, and policy engagement.

📋 Description

• Manage all aspects of peer review for a suite of manuscripts • Determine whether review is warranted, select referees, evaluate responses, and decide whether to publish • Maintain close contact with PRL editors and editors of other journals in the Physical Review portfolio • Help select and briefly summarize papers to highlight • Keep up with current and emerging physics research and communicate information with editors across the portfolio • Support the manuscript post-acceptance process, including acquiring editorial summaries and images and resolving production issues • Perform editorial checks to ensure the quality and timeliness of published papers • Maintain high ethical standards and fairness at all editorial stages • Gain mastery of the peer-review management system • Represent the journals and APS at scientific conferences • Engage with and develop strong relationships with researchers • Contribute to journal-level projects and strategy, including content commissioning, social media, outreach events, and data analytics • Contribute to ensuring the journals are diverse, equitable, and inclusive • Travel occasionally, approximately up to 10%, for APS meetings, departmental gatherings, and colleague interactions in Long Island, NY, Washington, DC, and College Park, MD • Travel worldwide to attend conferences and events and interact with researchers at their institutions and universities • Join a collaborative international team of editors across the Physical Review journals

🎯 Requirements

• PhD and postdoctoral experience in Astrophysics, Particle Physics, or Nuclear Physics • Minimum of one year of postdoctoral experience • Broad background and outlook across physics research • Excellent knowledge of the science and literature in their field • Familiarity with existing research groups in that area • Familiarity with the peer-review process as an author and referee • Strong sense of integrity • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills • Ability to make prompt independent evaluations and decisions • Ability to manage multiple priorities • Strong written and verbal English communication skills • Excellent attention to detail • Ability to work well both alone and as part of a team • Ability to work from a location in the United States • Responsiveness during core workday, Eastern Time • This position does not include visa sponsorship

🏖️ Benefits

• Outstanding total compensation package • Flexible schedules and ability to work remotely • 8% employer-paid retirement contribution • Investment advisement services: 100% employer paid • Medical benefits: PPO or HDHP option • Employer contribution to HSA account, eligibility based on medical plan enrollment • Lifestyle Spending benefit up to $1,500.00 (USD), 100% employer paid • Vision benefits: individual and dependent coverage, 100% employer paid • Basic Life & Accident insurance: employee coverage, 100% employer paid • Supplemental Life & Accident insurance, including spouse & dependent child(ren) coverage • Disability insurance: employee coverage, 100% employer paid • Voluntary Accident & Critical Illness insurance • Healthcare, Commuter & Dependent care flexible spending accounts • Vacation: 15 days annually • Generous holiday leave: 17 paid office closures; includes one week closure at the end of December • Personal leave: 4 days annually • Volunteer leave: 1 day annually • Sick leave: 10 days annually • Bereavement & Compassion leave: 2-15 days based on loss • 12 weeks employer-paid family leave • College tuition reimbursement plan • Job related seminar & continuing education • Professional Certification/Recertification Training and professional development • Access to LinkedIn Learning on-demand courses • Employee Assistance Program • Mindfulness Meditation: live and on-demand classes • Remote-first workplace • APS does not offer relocation assistance/costs

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