Every day in this job, I learn something new. As a publishing assistant, I guide manuscripts through the peer review process at Scientific Reports. As such I handle manuscripts at multiple stages of the process. I like to think of it as following a manuscript’s journey from the lab up out into the world. Each day brings new challenges. Organisational skills are a must.
Jessica Lawler
Dr Peter Gorsuch presenting the Nature Masterclasses workshop at the 2015 London Naturejobs Career Expo{credit}Image credit: Nature{/credit}
A room packed full of PhD candidates and post-docs were given a taster of Nature Masterclasses at #NJCE15 London. The session was run by Peter Gorsuch of MSC Scientific Editing, who runs a pre-submission service that offers researchers Nature-standard editing on their manuscripts. Peter was previously an associate editor for the physical sciences team at Nature, so is a fountain of knowledge on scientific writing and publishing. Also offering wisdom via video were Nature manuscript editors Sadaf Shadan (Senior Editor, Biology) and Leonie Mueck (Associate Editor, Physical Sciences).
The science: what do editors at high-impact journals look for?
For a paper to get accepted, it should contain “novel conclusions that significantly advance our understanding of the field,” says Peter. The experts told the audience that a good paper might: Continue reading
Following the success of the Boston Naturejobs Career Expo journalism competition (you can read all the articles from the competition in the #NJCEBoston category), we have decided to repeat it for the London Expo, which takes place on 19th September 2014 at the Business Design Centre in Islington.
We are looking for five budding science writers to help us with our coverage of the Naturejobs Career Expo conference sessions and workshops. The conference will explore career paths in industry, academia and science communication, entrepreneurship, structuring a CV and transferable skills, amongst other things. The five winners will have the opportunity to attend the Expo and write up at least two of the sessions or workshops for our readers, sharing the advice and expertise of the speakers with those who cannot attend in person. Winners will work closely with our editors, and their articles will be published on the Naturejobs blog.