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We are expanding our Associate Editor team!

Journal of Translational Medicine is recruiting for Associate Editors to join our Editorial Board. As JTM continues to grow, we must also ensure that the journal is able to cope with increased submissions whilst maintaining our editorial standards. Therefore, we are looking to expand our editorial team.

We are seeking applications from researchers with a background in the following subject areas.

Section: Combination Strategies
Scope: The section aims to highlight research into combination therapies, where two or more medications or therapies are strategically combined to improve the treatment of cancer, chronic infections, transplantation, and potentially other complex and multi-factorial diseases.

Applicants should have expertise in bioinformatics and/ or artificial intelligence.

Section: Computational Modelling and Epidemiology
Scope: The section focuses on population-based studies that extend towards more molecular level analysis by utilizing computational modelling and epidemiologic approaches in translational medicine.

Applicants should have expertise in data modelling, data mining and epidemiologic analysis.

Section: Pain, Critical Care and Anesthesia
Scope: The section focuses on the understanding of mechanistic aspects of different anaesthetic agents and molecules to deepen the insight in the role of pharmacogenetics.

Applicants should have academic experience along with at least 5 years experience as independent practitioners.

Section: Personalized Medicine
Scope: The section focuses on for research that aims to revolutionize patient care through the use of novel molecular predisposing screening, diagnostic, prognostic and pharmacogenomics.

Applicants should have expertise in analyzing complex dataset with multiomic and phenotypic data (such as UK Biobank and FinnGen), cardiovascular diseases or rare diseases.

Section: Translational Metagenomics
Scope: The section focuses on the role of the human microbiome in health and disease, and the development and application of metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, microbial metabolomics or novel bioinformatics tools used to improve knowledge on the microbiome.

Applicants should have expertise in microbiome and cancer, computational biology, multiomics integration, or microbial-host interaction and modeling.

Aims & Scope

Journal of Translational Medicine is an open access journal publishing articles focusing on information derived from human experimentation so as to optimise the communication between basic and clinical science. The journal covers all areas of translational medicine but also has several special sections.

Who are we looking for?

We are interested in experienced individuals who are committed to open access, data sharing, and innovation in scientific publishing, and are willing to spend around two to three hours per week handling journal submissions.

Suitable candidates should:

have a minimum of ten (10) research papers published in reputable, English language, peer-reviewed journals;
be listed as first author, last author, or corresponding author during the last five years;
have demonstrable expertise that fits within the scope and needs of the section being applied for;
have experience as a Reviewer.

Role and Responsibilities

Associate Editors for Journal of Translational Medicine will:

support the journal's ethos, scope, editorial standards and policies, and be committed to represent JTM within the scientific community;
provide a professional and supportive service to authors and ensure that manuscripts fulfill the requirements of the journal and are handled efficiently and appropriately through peer-review;
assess manuscripts for their suitability for peer review, selecting suitable reviewers who meet the journal's requirements, and support the Section Editor by providing decision recommendations on the basis of the peer reviewers' reports and their own assessment while adhering to the journal’s editorial policies.

An Associate Editor for Journal of Translational Medicine should be engaged and willing to handle a minimum of five new manuscripts per month within their field of expertise. Our Associate Editors will receive training, and our in-house Editorial Office will also provide administrative support.

Interested in applying?

If you are interested in becoming an Associate Editor for Journal of Translational Medicine and you meet the criteria above, please click the button below to submit your application. We look forward to hearing from you.

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