JOSS is continuing to grow, and we are looking to add more editors with expertise in the area of astronomy & astrophysics.
Since our launch in May 2016, our existing editorial team has handled nearly 1900 submissions (1684 published at the time of writing, 205 under review) and the demand from the community continues to grow. In particular, we have seen an increase in the number of astronomy & astrophysics submissions, beyond the capacity of our current editorial team.
Editors at JOSS make a minimum 1-year commitment, with additional years possible by mutual consent. With some of our existing editorial team reaching the end of their terms with JOSS and this increase in submissions, the time is right to bring new editors on board.
Background on JOSS
If you think you might be interested, take a look at our editorial guide, which describes the editorial workflow at JOSS, and also some of the reviews for recently accepted papers. Between these two, you should be able to get a good overview of what editing for JOSS looks like.
Further background about JOSS can be found in our PeerJ CS paper, which summarizes our first year, and our Editor-in-Chief’s original blog post, which announced the journal and describes some of our core motivations for starting the journal.
More recently we’ve also written in detail about our commitment to the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure the costs related with running JOSS, scaling our editorial processes, and talked about the collaborative peer review that JOSS promotes.
Of specific interest to this call, we also have a collaboration with the American Astronomical Society (AAS) Journals to provide a parallel review for submissions with a significant software component.
Who can apply
We welcome applications from potential editors with research experience in astronomy and astrophysics, including but not limited to, open source software development for astrophysical simulations, data reduction, or statistical methods.
Members of the JOSS editorial team have diverse backgrounds, and we welcome JOSS editors from academia, government, and industry. We especially welcome applications from prospective editors who will contribute to the diversity (ethnic, gender, disciplinary, and geographical) of our board. We also value having a range of junior and senior editors.
How to apply
✨✨✨ To apply please fill in this short form by 31 July 2022. ✨✨✨
Selection process
The JOSS editorial team will review your applications and make recommendations. Highly-ranked candidates will then have a short (~30 minute) phone call/video conference interview with a current editor. Successful candidates will then join the JOSS editorial team for a probationary period of 3 months before becoming a full member of the editorial team. You will get an onboarding “buddy” from the experienced editors to help you out during that time.
References
Smith A. Announcing The Journal of Open Source Software - Arfon Smith. Published online May 5, 2016. Accessed July 12, 2022. https://www.arfon.org/announcing-the-journal-of-open-source-software
Smith AM, Niemeyer KE, Katz DS, et al. Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS): design and first-year review. PeerJ Computer Science. 2018;4:e147. doi:10.7717/peerj-cs.147
Katz DS, Smith AM, Niemeyer K, Huff K, Barba LA. JOSS’s Commitment to the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure. Published online February 14, 2021. doi:10.59349/m5h23-pjs71
Katz DS, Barba LA, Niemeyer K, Smith AM. Cost models for running an online open journal. Published online June 4, 2019. doi:10.59349/g4fz2-1cr36
Katz DS, Barba LA, Niemeyer K, Smith AM. Scaling the Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS). Published online July 8, 2019. doi:10.59349/gsrcb-qsd74
Smith AM. A new collaboration with AAS publishing. Published online December 19, 2018. doi:10.59349/wj1gg-tsg49