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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics MPI-CBG Dresden, Germany 2016 PhD and young researcher career day https://mpi-cbg.de/career-day/speakers/
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- 1. A career in academic publishing Dr. Max Haring - April 2016 MPI Dresden Career seminar
- 2. 1 Max Haring| 2016 | MPI Dresden A career in academic publishing • About Springer Nature • A day as a publisher • What about your career?
- 3. 2 Max Haring| 2016 | MPI Dresden Founded in 1842 (Springer) and 1869 (Nature), Springer Nature is one of the world’s leading global research, educational and professional publishers, the world’s largest academic book publisher, publisher of the world’s most influential journals and a pioneer in the field of open research.
- 4. 3 Max Haring| 2016 | MPI Dresden Dr. Max Haring Executive Editor max.haring@springer.com MSc in cell biology (Wageningen University) PhD in biochemistry / epigenetics (University of Amsterdam) With Springer: 2007: Associate Editor biomedicine 2008: Publishing Editor biomedicine 2011: Executive Editor, SpringerPlus 2015: SpringerPlus, Manuscript services, Transfer Desk About me
- 5. 4 Max Haring| 2016 | MPI Dresden Why did I leave the lab? No wish to be a professor Limited career opportunities in academia University bureaucracy & politics Already spent 7 years in a lab Doing research =/= writing grants
- 6. 5 Max Haring| 2016 | MPI Dresden Peer-reviewed journal, Open Access, Online Only Independent international editorial board High quality: acceptance rate 50% First Impact Factor in 2016! For all Disciplines in STEM and HSS Never out of scope! No focus on impact Accepts low-cited work Publish regional studies internationally Share all your data and findings! Flexible, efficient and predictable APC discounts and waivers available: http://www.springeropen.com/inst/ http://www.springeropen.com/authors/oawaiverfund SpringerPlus: one journal for all research www.springerplus.com
- 7. 6 Max Haring| 2016 | MPI Dresden Transfer Desk - Helps authors get published A new manuscript submission service at Springer Nature: • Access to all 2500+ journals at Springer, BMC and NPG • Never worry about journal requirements again! • Select by scope, impact or Open Access options • Re-use available reviews: lower reviewer burden & faster decisions • Guarantee: we will always find a suitable journal! How to get this service? 1. Transfers are offered Springer journal EiCs, when rejected for: ─ Out of scope ─ Good quality but not enough interest or novelty 2. Manuscript can be submitted directly to the Transfer Desk 3. Through our Partnership with Peerage-Of-Science www.springer.com/authors transferdesk@springer.com https://youtu.be/OZd-1N_Lv7M
- 8. 7 What does a publisher do?
- 9. 8 Max Haring| 2016 | MPI Dresden Journals: • Manage SpringerPlus and Transfer Desk teams • Journal development • Operations, KPI reporting, budgets, compliance • Editorial Board, external editors and peer-reviewers • Solve problems Project management • Strategy, planning and budgets • Operations, vendor management Communication • Information to authors and editors • Presentations: http://www.slideshare.net/maxharing CC-BY https://flic.kr/p/eKEcGW RaHuL Rodriguez A day of work
- 10. 9 Max Haring| 2016 | MPI Dresden Rules and mandates for: • Open access - Green/Gold - Embargo and licences - repositories • Open data • Funding disclosure • Authorship • Copyright • Medical ethics • Publishing ethics Example journal management: Compliance
- 11. 10 Max Haring| 2016 | MPI Dresden Example journal management: Publishing ethics
- 12. 11 Max Haring| 2016 | MPI Dresden Example project management: Preservation and Archives National libraries Digital preservation: CLOCKSS: Controlled Lots of Copies Keeps Stuff Safe PORTICO: ‘Dark archive’ preservation service Research4Life: provides access to developing countries -> ensure access to articles after events such as: - Closure of a journal - Natural disasters - Publisher bankruptcy
- 13. 12 Max Haring| 2016 | MPI Dresden Training and Mentoring Professional organizations: STM-assoc.org ALPSP.org SSPNet.org - Scholarly Kitchen blog SPARC Open Access forum APE - Academic Publishers in Europe Academic libraries University presses
- 14. 13 Max Haring| 2016 | MPI Dresden Training and Mentoring
- 15. 14 Max Haring| 2016 | MPI Dresden Pros and Cons Pros: • Travelling for work • Work with international colleagues, customers and vendors • Flexible, relaxed work environment • Lots of initiative and responsibility, possibility to create your own job • Big company brings opportunities • Dynamic and lively industry, a lot is happening! • It is still about science! Cons: • Targets can be challenging • Career advancement is not a given • Big company also brings challenges
- 16. 15 Max Haring| 2016 | MPI Dresden Publishing affects people: articles are discussed! (altmetric.com) SpringerPlus 2013, 2:587 doi:10.1186/2193- 1801-2-587 SpringerPlus 2014, 3:7 doi:10.1186/2193-1801-3-7 SpringerPlus 2013, 2:240 doi:10.1186/2193-1801-2-240 SpringerPlus 2014, 3:22 doi:10.1186/2193-1801-3- 22 SpringerPlus 2013, 2:87 doi:10.1186/2193-1801-2-87 SpringerPlus 2014, 3:127 doi:10.1186/2193-1801-3-127
- 17. 16 Max Haring| 2016 | MPI Dresden Scientific publishing is a research topic on its own!
- 18. 17 What about your career?
- 19. 18 Max Haring| 2016 | MPI Dresden Publishers STM publishers • For profit -- Not for profit • Corporate publishing -- Society publishing • Small & Specialized -- Big & General • Startups
- 20. 19 Max Haring| 2016 | MPI Dresden Editorial and other positions Content editors: • Manuscript editor • Publishing editor • Commissioning editor • Acquisitions editor • Editor-in-chief • Publisher Other: Operations, production, abstracting & indexing, publishing ethics, data analysis, Product development, systems manager/specialist Desirable skills: • Broad interest in research, experience publishing papers • Understand how research works (groups, funding), • Quick decisions, people skills, marketing, basic IT. Other editorial: • Production editor • Development editor • Managing editor • Desk editor • Editorial assistant • Editorial office
- 21. 20 Max Haring| 2016 | MPI Dresden Academic libraries and Funders The MPI CBG library: • acquires, collects, archives and provides access to scientific information • collects and maintains MPI-CBG publications data • provides information about Open Access and Copyright law • provides advice regarding bibliometric searches, database and literature searches
- 22. 21 Max Haring| 2016 | MPI Dresden Updating your CV for a job in STM publishing- a few tips • Leave out your publication list • For publishing jobs: don’t mention ‘writing’ or ‘editing’ • For popular science / journalism jobs: have a portfolio ready • Emphasize your experience in interacting with publishers, show you understand how publishing works • Explain why you want the job, not the company • Translate lab skills into general competencies > have examples! • Research the position and explain your motivation • Go for many interviews • Be found!