Editor in Chief, Forestry

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Society of American Foresters

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 1900

🤝 Non-profit

📚 Education

🔬 Science

Non-profit • Education • Science

Society of American Foresters is a professional non-profit organization that represents forestry professionals and advances sustainable forest management through science, education, certification, advocacy, and publications. It provides certification and continuing education (including an online learning platform), hosts conferences and events, supports career development and networking, publishes scientific journals and industry news, and runs programs and fellowships to support forest landowners and professional practice.

📋 Description

• Work closely with SAF’s publications staff to grow submissions to the Journal • Identify opportunities for growth in impact factor and citations • Attract and retain qualified authors and reviewers • Improve Journal’s performance for submitted manuscripts, including time from submission to decision • Monitor and support new associate editors and evaluate their performance • Respond promptly to in-process manuscripts within the peer review management system • Assign manuscripts to Associate Editors for oversight, or act as Associate Editor if needed • Make final editorial decisions on all submissions and manage front matter • Report on opportunities for special supplement sales and sponsorship

🎯 Requirements

• Active membership in the Society of American Foresters • US residency as the Journal of Forestry focuses on North America • Significant record of authorship in peer-reviewed journals or successful science communication publications • Experience as a reviewer, editor, publication manager, and/or science communicator • Preference for candidates who have served as associate editors or editor for journals in forestry • Graduate degree (preferably PhD) in forestry or related field with broad understanding of forestry subfields • Established network spanning academia, industry, and federal agencies in forestry and natural resources • Technological aptitude using cloud-based computing and Microsoft Office Suite • Knowledge of manuscript and peer review management platform or ability to quickly train • Strong strategic and collaborative mindset to coordinate with SAF's leaders

🏖️ Benefits

• Administrative support directly from SAF's publications department as reasonable to execute the Journal's business.