Anesthesia & Analgesia (A&A) open applications for new Editorial Fellowship programme.
Anesthesia & Analgesia (A&A) is seeking to appoint up to 12 Editorial Fellows annually to join its Journal Editorial Board to shadow and learn from the work of editors, while also completing a project relevant to the science and practice of scholarly publishing.
A vital goal of Anesthesia & Analgesia is to foster the global research community by addressing the needs of individuals in the early stages of their clinical and academic careers.
Fellowships will last for 12-months, during which the Editorial Fellow will join A&A’s Journal Team to acquire skills, gain experience, and receive behind-the-scenes insights into every aspect of journal editorial work.
A&A expects this Editorial Fellowship to strengthen the participants’ multidimensional yet interrelated roles as researchers, educators, authors, peer reviewers, and grant applicants.
Objectives, Responsibilities, and Deliverables
- Spend two 6-month blocks of time interacting online (virtually) with two different A&A Section Editors or A&A Practice Editors, as well as Correspondence Editor, Social Media Editor, Graphics Editor, Podcast Editor, or where a preference expressed, Statistical Editor, to gain a broad experience
- Observe and participate in the handling and peer review of submitted manuscripts to A&A or A&A Practice, under the direct tutelage of a Journal Editor
- Observe and participate in the technical craft of the associated activities, when assigned to Correspondence, Social Media, Statistical, or Graphics Editor
- Learn how to merge invited peer reviewer comments, construct manuscript decision letters, and line-edit manuscripts for style and syntax before final acceptance
- Devote approximately 4 hours per week to fellowship-related activities
- Meet remotely (virtually) with the fellowship mentor/preceptor every week
- Attend remotely (virtually), and when and where possible in-person, Editorial Board meetings held 2 to 3 times per year
- Undertake a longitudinal project related to their activities and the wider science of scholarly publishing, under the mentorship of one or more Journal Editors, to be presented at a major national/international meeting—with the ultimate goal of submitting its findings for publication in a peer-reviewed journal
- Contribute as a co-author to an editorial published in A&A
- Compile a written and oral report (extended abstract) at the end of the fellowship, to be presented to the Editorial Board
