European Senior Editor, The Lancet Weekly (m/f/d)
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Position: European Senior Editor, The Lancet Weekly (m/f/d)
Location: Germany, preferred Munich, hybrid (once per week in the office)
About our Team
The team operates in a dynamic, values-aligned, and impactful environment. We are a small and friendly team handling a high volume of submissions while priding ourselves on offering a personalized service to the researchers who publish with us.
About the Role
The European Senior Editor, The Lancet Weekly plays a key role in shaping high-impact medical science by critically evaluating submissions, guiding peer review, and ensuring the highest standards of clinical and scientific reporting. In this role, you will engage with leading researchers worldwide, commission influential content, and represent The Lancet across Europe to strengthen partnerships and attract top-quality submissions. It is a highly collaborative editorial position with significant influence on clinical research communication.
Main Activities and Responsibilities:
To read and critically evaluate all papers allocated, present them to the team, arrange peer review for a select few with the highest potential clinical impact, and participate in consensual decision making.
To take part in the critical assessment of other editors’ papers at pre- and post-review stages, and to provide clinical context when needed.
To negotiate revisions with authors ensuring that manuscripts that are accepted for publication meet with the highest standards of medical and scientific reporting.
To regularly assess editorial working practices and think of new ways to make the peer review process more timely and efficient.
To monitor ongoing research activity in allocated specialty areas, and across medicine, to regularly communicate with international key medical researchers, and pro-actively attract key clinical trials to The Lancet.
To contribute to the commissioning of Comments, Perspectives, Seminars, Reviews, and Clinical, Global Health, and other Series and Commissions in agreement with the commissioning teams.
To take part in the weekly rote of leader writing and contribute clinical and scientific ideas for editorials and World Reports at the weekly meeting.
Commenting regularly on other writers' draftsTo represent The Lancet family of journals in Europe to promote the journal and to attract high-quality submissions.
To help develop a European strategy for the Lancet family.
To visit key opinion leaders, academic institutions, policymakers, and other health organizations and create strong partnerships key opinion leaders, academic institutions, policymakers, and other health organizations and create strong partnerships.
Functional and Technical Competencies:
Interpersonal skills
Ability to work in a team and to keep strict deadlines
Negotiation skills with members of the medical profession, the media, and other editors
General knowledge and technical skills
Knowledge of biological and medical sciences
Good use of English
Writing skills
Education, Knowledge, Skills and Experiences (and any other requirements)
PhD or MD in a health-related field is required. Some editorial experience is of advantage. Substantial postgraduate clinical and/or research experience is highly desirable.
Work in a way that works for you
We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.
Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive
About the Business
A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your
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