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The Editorial Office Radiotherapy and Oncology is seeking a

Managing Editor
for Radiotherapy and Oncology

(Kennziffer 94/2017)

The Editorial Office for the Green Journal „Radiotherapy and Oncology“, which is published by Elsevier, is seeking for a journal managing editor for its editor-in-chief office. Duties include:

• Manage and administer peer review system including, but not limited to: initial submission quality checks, peer review management, author, reviewer and editor-in-chief support, chasing for invitation and revisions
• Liaise and communicate with production and publisher
• Liaise and communicate with authors
• Assign reviewers and editors for revision
• Administration and organization – record keeping
• Troubleshooting
• Regular reporting to the journal’s editor-in-chief
• Maintaining and enhancement of reviewer database
• Track invited content and/or special issues
• Compile monthly table of contents
• Update guide for authors and editors
• Recommend approaches for improvement

Requirements:

• University degree in biology (or related subjects) or medicine
• Fluent English – ideally native level
• Knowledge in medical terminology
• Experience as medical scientist in radiation oncology / -biology / -physics

Preferred:
Experience with medical journals and/or online submission and review systems (e.g. Elsevier editorial system)

The position is limited to 2 years.
The position can in principle be part-time.

For further information please contact
Dr. rer. nat. Ina Kurth, phone +49 6221 42-1665.