Creating draft 2024 call for editors #34
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| Once again, we're looking to grow our editorial team at JOSS! | ||
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| Since our launch in [May 2016](https://www.arfon.org/announcing-the-journal-of-open-source-software), our [existing editorial team](http://joss.theoj.org/about#editorial_board) has handled nearly 4500 submissions (~2700 published at the time of writing, 340 under review) and the demand from the community continues to be strong. JOSS now consistently publishes a little over one paper per day, and we see no sign of this demand dropping. |
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So we're rejected 1/3 of our submissions? This seems high, but maybe so...
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The issue count on openjournals/joss-reviews might be more reliable here. There are 4134 pre-review issues that have ever existed. Assuming a few testing ones along the way, I think 4100 would be a pretty safe number.
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| The [JOSS editorial team](http://joss.theoj.org/about#editorial_board) will review your applications and make their recommendations. Highly-ranked candidates will then have a short (~30 minute) phone call/video conference interview with the editor(s)-in-chief. Successful candidates will then join the JOSS editorial team for a probational period of 3 months before becoming a full member of the editorial team. You will get an onboarding “buddy” from the experienced editors to help you out during that time. | ||
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| _Dan Foreman-Mackey, Olivia Guest, Daniel S. Katz, Kevin M. Moerman, Kyle E. Niemeyer, Arfon M. Smith, Kristen Thyng_ |
Co-authored-by: Daniel S. Katz <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Daniel S. Katz <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Daniel S. Katz <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Daniel S. Katz <[email protected]>
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| The JOSS editorial team has a diverse background and there is no requirement for JOSS editors to be working in academia. | |||
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| ### Expected level of committment | |||
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| Editing for JOSS is a substantial committment, and we would encourage you to read our [editorial guide](https://joss.readthedocs.io/en/latest/editing.html), and in particular our [expectations of editors](https://joss.readthedocs.io/en/latest/expectations.html). While the guide has a bunch more information, some things we think are particulatly important include 1) pay ongoing attention to the submissions they are handling (i.e., checking in on papers ~twice per week for a few minutes at a time), 2) responding in a timely fashion to invites to edit, and 3) contributing to the overall editorial team (e.g., participating in scope reviews, giving feedback to colleagues in Slack). | |||
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Editing for JOSS is a substantial commitment, and we would encourage you to read our editorial guide, and in particular our expectations of editors. While the guide has a bunch more information, some things we think are particularly important include 1) paying ongoing attention to the submissions they are handling (i.e., checking in on papers ~twice per week for a few minutes at a time), 2) responding in a timely fashion to invites to edit, and 3) contributing to the overall editorial team (e.g., participating in scope reviews, giving feedback to colleagues in Slack).
EOM