About Frontiers
Frontiers is a leading open access publisher and open access platform, founded in 2007 by two prestigious neuroscientists. Frontiers has been recognized with numerous awards. We strive to continuously empower the academic community with innovative solutions that improve how science is published, evaluated and communicated to researchers, innovators and the public. Frontiers publishes more than 600 disciplines, ranks as the 5th most-cited (in terms of number of citations/article) publisher among the 20 largest publishers in 2020. Our journals are led and peer-reviewed by editorial boards of over 100,000 top researchers. Frontiers employs people from more than 50 countries, with headquarter office in Lausanne, Switzerland, and branch offices in London (UK), Seattle (USA), Madrid (Spain) and Beijing (China).
Responsibilities
The Editorial Commissioning Specialist is responsible for attracting high-quality content to Frontiers journals through Research Topics (also known as special issues). The successful candidates will have the opportunity to work in a stimulating, fast-paced work environment with an innovative scholarly publisher. He or she will communicate with high-level researchers in China to engage them in editorial projects and support the development of their Research Topic proposals. The Specialist will work both independently and with a team, to support the development of Research Topics within our journals. Key responsibilities include presenting and promoting the Frontiers concept of Research Topics, and engaging researchers to host these as Guest Editors.
Reporting Line
Reporting to Publishing Team Lead, China
Location
WeWork (Naga Shangyuan), 9 Dongzhimen Inner St, Dongcheng District, Beijing
Requirements
Benefits
How to apply
Please submit your full CV in both English and Chinese together with your expected salaries, availability and contact details to before the 18/01/2021. Please quote the job title in your email subject.