BMC Medical Educationis recruiting new Editorial Board Members. As the growth of the journal continues, we must also ensure that it is able to cope with increased submissions whilst maintaining our high editorial standards. Therefore, we are looking to expand our editorial team.
We encourage applications from researchers with a background in a range of subject areas, broadly covered by the below:
- Approaches to teaching and learning
- Career choice, professional education and development
- Curriculum development
- Assessment and evaluation of admissions, knowledge, skills and attitudes
BMC Medical Educationscope and ethos
BMC Medical Educationis an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in relation to the training of healthcare professionals, including undergraduate, postgraduate, and continuing education. The journal has a special focus on curriculum development, evaluations of performance, assessment of training needs and evidence-based medicine.
《华尔街日报》does notmake editorial decisions on the basis of the interest of a study or its likely impact.必须科学有效的研究;为研究articles this includes a scientifically sound research question, the use of suitable methods and analysis, and following community-agreed standards relevant to the research field.
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Criteria
We are interested in individuals who are committed to开放获取,data sharingandinnovationin scientific publishing.
Suitable candidates should:
- have aminimum of fifteen (15)research papers published inreputable,English language,peer-reviewedjournals;
- be frequently listed ascorresponding author(first or last author) during thelast five years;
- havedemonstrable expertisethatfits within the scopeandthe needof the journal.
Suitable Editorial Board Members forBMC Medical Educationalso must:
- support the journal’s ethos, scope, editorial standards, and policies, and be a committed advocate who will representBMC Medical Educationwithin the scientific community;
- provide a professional and supportive service to our authors and ensure that manuscripts they are responsible for fulfil the requirements of the journal and are handled efficiently and appropriately through peer-review.
Role and responsibilities
The Editorial Board Member is primarily responsible for assessing manuscripts for their suitability for peer review, selecting suitable reviewers who meet the journal’s requirements and recommends decisions on the basis of the peer reviewers’ reports and their own assessment while adhering to the journal’s editorial policies.
An Editorial Board Member forBMC Medical Educationshould be engaged and willing to handle aminimum of twelve (12) manuscripts per yearacross a range of disciplines within their兄弟ader field of expertise.
Our Editorial Board Members will receive training, and our in-house editorial team will also provide administrative support. The Editorial Board Members will report to the in-house Editor.
More information on Editorial Board Responsibilities can be foundhere.
