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October 30, 2024

Seeking Applications for Editor in Chief of JACEP Open

The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) is seeking an Editor in Chief for JACEP Open, its open access journal that identifies, improves, publishes and communicates relevant information on all aspects of emergency medicine and related topics. We seek an experienced editor for the position.

The new Editor in Chief’s term will begin in 2025 with an initial 5-year term. The deadline for submission of applications is December 11, 2024.

Title: Editor in Chief

Reports to: Board of Directors, American College of Emergency Physicians

Objective:

  • To ensure that JACEP Open adheres to the missions of the College and the journal.
  • ACEP mission: To support quality emergency medicine care and to promote the interests of emergency physicians.
  • JACEP Open mission: To provide an open access journal that identifies, improves, publishes, and communicates relevant information on all aspects of emergency medicine and related topics, encompassing all sub-specialist areas across the international emergency medicine community.

Scope:

Has autonomy and responsibility to achieve the journal’s mission and serves as advocate for all aspects of the journal’s success when appropriate and applicable. Physician candidates with a strong emergency medicine background are welcomed. If not a current ACEP member, membership will be required.

Responsibilities:

General

  1. Ensure the educational value and integrity of the journal.
  2. Support the preparation and realization of strategic editorial plans.
  3. Responsible for the content of the journal and editorial direction.
  4. Understand and support the manuscript referral system from Annals.
  5. Solicit articles to fulfill the Editor in Chief’s allotment of editorial waivers.
  6. In consultation with the editorial office and the publisher:
    1. Solicit special issues in consultation with the editorial office and publisher.
    2. Drive journal development including aims and scope, unique value proposition, and new article types.
  7. Represent the journal, either personally or through delegation, at selected meetings.
  8. Provide written and verbal reports as appropriate about journal activities on a regular basis to the ACEP Board of Directors, the ACEP Executive Director, and the publisher.
  9. Manage activities and policies in close collaboration with ACEP editorial director and any JACEP Open staff, including adhering to schedules and budgets established for the development and production of JACEP Open.
  10. Interface with the editors and editorial office of Annals as necessary and appropriate.

Editorial Board

  1. Conduct one in-person editorial board meeting per year.
  2. Schedule other regular contact with the board as necessary and appropriate.
  3. Maintain an editorial board that reasonably reflects an appropriate balance of gender and international representation in emergency medicine and related fields as appropriate.
  4. Decide the levels, roles and responsibilities of the board, and create letters of agreement and terms for their service.
  5. Monitor performance of board members in conjunction with the editorial office.
  6. Assist with training and educating the board as necessary and applicable.

Peer Review

  1. Maintain quality standards in peer review process and ensure that the journal adheres to COPE and ICMJE ethical guidelines.
  2. As an open access journal, maintain peer review practices for the journal based on sound science principles: preliminary results, negative results, confirmatory or replicatory studies are acceptable, the journal should look for reasons to accept vs. reject.

Requirements:

  1. An active researcher or clinician and recognized expert in the field with a broad knowledge of the subject area.
  2. A wide sphere of influence and range of contacts.
  3. Experience with the online editorial process.
  4. Strong organizational, negotiation, and writing skills.
  5. Demonstrated track record of academic excellence and recognition as a scholar in the field of emergency medicine, including extensive experience publishing in, reviewing for, and editing of peer-reviewed journals.
  6. Excellent leadership skills, in particular the ability to motivate and inspire teams.
  7. Strong sense of ethics and integrity, including a clear understanding of the ethical guidelines for scholarly publishing.
  8. Understanding of editorial, ethical, and political sensitivities involved when accepting and soliciting journal content.
  9. Completion of the conflict of interest form.

Desirable:

  1. Understanding of and support for the open access business model.
  2. Willingness to travel.
  3. Knowledge of social media and disruptive technologies in scholarly publishing.

Information and Application Deadlines:

  1.  To apply, please submit a curriculum vitae, letter of application addressing your qualifications for the position, along with a brief statement of your vision for the journal. Please also provide a statement from your department chair or dean as documentation of support and a complete the conflict of interest form.
  2. Letters of application should be addressed to ACEP, and sent via e-mail to Tracy Napper, Editorial Director (tnapper@acep.org). Contact Ms. Napper for more information about the journal itself, and the scope of responsibilities of the Editor in Chief.

Deadline for submission of applications is December 11, 2024.

 
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