Recruitment of Editorial Board members and Senior Editors of Journal of Cotton Research
Journal of Cotton Research (https://jcottonres.biomedcentral.com/) is supervised by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of People’s Republic of China, sponsored by Institute of Cotton research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and China Association of Agricultural Science Societies. The journal reports on the latest cotton research in agriculture science, biology, and computer application research fields, and promotes multidisciplinary development of cotton science and technology. The journal has already been indexed by the major scientific database worldwide, including CNKI, Wanfang data, China Agricultural Core Journal (B group), DOAJ, Scopus, ESCI and so on. In 2023, the journal has the impact factor of 3.1, ranking Q2 in the Plant Sciences category among 265 journals.
Now the 2nd Editorial Board of Journal of Cotton Research is planning to recruit 50 Editorial Board members and 20 Senior Editors from the research field of agronomy, soil science, plant protection, agricultural engineering, biochemistry, bioengineering, and computer application. The 2nd Editorial Board of Journal of Cotton Research will take place from 2026 to 2029.
If you are interested in applying one of the positions, please send your CV including the education background, research experience and STM journal related experience to journal@caas.cn. Please mention the applying position in the application email (It is possible to apply both Editorial board member and Senior editor). Application deadline: June 30th.
Responsibilities
Main responsibility of Editorial Board member
l Review manuscripts as being invited.
l Submit or invite to submit at least 1 manuscript per year or organize thematic series.
l Promote the journal and published articles in lectures, seminars, or conferences, etc.
l Give advice on the management and development of Journal of Cotton Research.
Main responsibility of Senior Editor
l Handle the peer-review to assigned manuscripts.
l Promote the Journal and the published articles in lectures, seminars, or conferences, etc.
l Give advice on the management and development of Journal of Cotton Research
Recruitment Eligibility
Requirements for candidates of Editorial Board member
l Active research experience in the above-mentioned fields in the last 10 years, familiar with the research trend and progress in the area of expertise. Research experience in the newly emerging discipline or multidisciplinary field is preferred.
l Being employed as a professor, or associate professor, or equivalent position.
l Have published 3 research articles in the journal with an impact factor higher than 5 or 5 research articles in the journals ranked in the Q1/Q2 of SCI as correspondence author or the first author in the last 5 years.
l Interested in the scientific publishing, willing to take part in the development of the journal, and have time to fulfill the responsibilities of Editorial Board members.
l Experience of leading projects with significant impact is preferred.
l Serving or having served as an Editorial Board member in other scientific journals with high reputation is preferred.
Requirements for candidates of Senior Editor
l Active research experience in the above-mentioned field in the last 5 years, familiar with the research trend and progress in the area of expertise. Research experience in the newly emerging discipline or multidisciplinary field is preferred.
l Being employed as a professor, or associate professor, or equivalent position, or with a doctorate in related disciplines of the journal’s scope.
l Have published 2 research articles in journals with an impact factor higher than 5 or 3 research articles in journals ranked in the Q1/Q2 of SCI as correspondence author or first author in the last 5 years.
l Interested in the scientific publishing, willing to take part in the development of the journal, and have time to fulfill the responsibilities of Senior Editors.
l Experience as a scientific editor or guest editor in journals ranked in the Q1 of SCI will be prioritized.
Benefit of Editorial Board members and Senior Editors
l Being granted the Letter of Appointment by the Institute of Cotton Research, CAAS.
l The Editorial Board member or Senior Editor with significant contribution to the journal will be awarded with “The Best Editorial Board Member” or “Handling Editors of the Year”. The result will be released on the homepage of the journal, and the award certificate will be sent to the winner.
l Manuscripts from Editorial Board members or Senior Editors will be published as a priority after peer reviewing.
l Opportunities to attend seminars/conferences organized by Journal of Cotton Research.