Advantages of being
The future Editor
1. Building a Journal Based on Your Beliefs
One of the many reasons members of the research community have joined the future is because they agree with our vision that oversight and quality control of the scholarly literature should be vested squarely in the research community itself and, in particular, involve active scientists and scholars at all levels. The final decision on what is and what is not published will be exclusively made by the academic handling editor of the manuscript based on the expert advice of their fellow editorial board members.
To be part of the development of all of this and to play a significant role in developing the journal has been rewarding
Another reason so many of our editors have stayed with us since the launch of their journals is because as Chief Editor or Associate Editor you have the unique opportunity to build a community around the journal by identifying people to lead specialty sections and Research Topics, and by adding members to the editorial board that you feel would make the best contributions.
3. Recognition and Transparency
Transparency is important to all our editors. This is why everyone who reviews a paper that is accepted for publication in a Frontiers journal, is recognized for their work on the final product: the editor’s and reviewers’ names are included with the published article. This is something that isn’t available in most other journals.
This recognition and transparency changes the dynamics of interaction between the authors and reviewers as everyone is focused on making the paper the best it can be.
It’s being an integral part of your scientific community, being able to shape the research that is being done and being on the cutting edge of the latest advancements of your field that are the true rewards.
2. Greater Editorial Control
As editor, you are also invested with a greater degree of editorial control through the Frontiers review process itself. Our innovative Collaborative Peer Review is conducted across an online forum operating in real-time, and facilitates an unprecedented level of discussion and correspondence between editors and authors.
“What I really like is mentoring and interacting with people… trying to help them and point out avenues and opportunities. I see this in action for every manuscript submitted [to The future journals] and how it is being processed. There is a true value-adding process happening where the product at the end is always measurably better than the initial submission.
The future is one of the only open access publishers in the world with a customized publishing platform that was built specifically for peer review, our peer review tools were designed to enable communication between everyone involved in the review, and to promote real-time interaction and engagement.
Because of the seamless interactivity throughout the review process, all editors from the Specialty Chief Editor to the Review Editors are able to convey concerns and lay out criticisms they might have about work that has been submitted for publication. This also means that as an editor, you are an active part in the process of advancing the standards your research community has set for itself.
3. Recognition and Transparency
Transparency is important to all our editors. This is why everyone who reviews a paper that is accepted for publication in a Frontiers journal, is recognized for their work on the final product: the editor’s and reviewers’ names are included with the published article. This is something that isn’t available in most other journals.
This recognition and transparency changes the dynamics of interaction between the authors and reviewers as everyone is focused on making the paper the best it can be.
It’s being an integral part of your scientific community, being able to shape the research that is being done and being on the cutting edge of the latest advancements of your field that are the true rewards.