PLOS Medicine Associate Editor

A postgraduate degree in a relevant subject area required

Physical Requirements and Work Environment

Prolonged periods stationary at a desk and working on a computer

Some national and international travel will be required

Some flexibility to work across time zones

PLOS is a non-profit organization on a mission to drive open science forward with measurable, meaningful change in research publishing, policy, and practice.

This role is responsible for recruiting and assessing research manuscripts, partnering with the Editorial Board of Academic Editors, handling peer review and commissioning articles for our Magazine section.

Handling research manuscripts submitted to the journal

Commissioning articles for the Front section

Undertaking lab visits and travelling to conferences to represent the journal and PLOS, and to recruit high-quality submissions to the journal

Participating in writing of editorials, blog posts and other related materials

Building on a strong legacy of pioneering innovation, PLOS continues to be a catalyst in

open science, reimagining models to meet open science principles, removing barriers and promoting inclusion in knowledge creation and sharing, and publishing research outputs that enable everyone to learn from, reuse and build upon scientific knowledge.

Our work is supported by a highly skilled global in-house team, partnerships with local

scholarly organizations, and the valued contributions of a diverse, international community

of scientific researchers.