Freelance Research Editor

6 months ago


Remote, United Kingdom BMJ Full time

Why work for us?

Help us create a healthier world. We are a global healthcare knowledge provider. We publish The BMJ, one of the world’s most impactful medical journals and over 70 influential speciality journals. We offer digital tools to help health professionals worldwide tackle critical healthcare challenges. Find out more about us here.

Job Overview
The BMJ is one of the world’s leading general medical journals. Our mission is to lead the debate on health and to engage, inform, and stimulate doctors, researchers, and other health professionals in ways that will improve outcomes for patients. We are looking for a freelance associate research editor to join us and work within the research editorial team to read, select, and handle the peer review and editing of research papers.

The Research section of the journal handles approximately 3600 research papers a year.

**Responsibilities**:

- Reading, appraising, and managing peer review of research articles using a web based manuscript tracking system
- Attending the weekly manuscript committee meeting on Thursdays (in person or by phone) to discuss submitted papers
- Liaising with authors, reviewers and technical editors regarding revisions
- Assisting with screening of research papers, teaching and interacting with trainees, liaising with patient reviewers and The BMJ patient editor
- As negotiated, representing The BMJ at professional meetings or outside venues.

**Qualifications & skills**:
**Essential attributes**:

- Medical degree - please **_do not apply_** if you do not hold a medical degree
- strong communication skills
- fluency in written and spoken English
- ability to work well alone and in a team
- experience in appraising medical research

**Desirable attributes**:

- Active in clinical practice and/or clinical research
- experience of medical editing and journal peer review
- critical appraisal skills
- willing to travel to conferences / professional meetings / London office


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