Call for Nominations: Editors of Crop Science and Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment

March 30, 2023

Nominations are being sought for two journal editorial board positions. CSSA is seeking an Editor for Crop Science, and ASA an CSSA are seeking an Editor for Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment. Both positions are three‐year terms of service that begin on 1 Jan. 2024. Candidates are expected to be visionary as the publication ecosystem is experiencing rapid changes in scientific content delivery as well as publishing models. In addition, there is fierce competition for authors and readers. Prior editorial experience with ASA, CSSA, or SSSA publications or those having similar subject matter/structure is required.

Duties and Responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities of the Editor position include, but are not limited to:

providing leadership for the journal, promoting scholarship in the science targeted by the journal, promoting manuscript submission, and providing peer review to researchers and authors.
acting as ambassador of the journal to international communities to raise the quality of science.
collaborating in the development, implementation, and communication of vision for the journal.
accepting responsibility for maintaining the journal’s quality content standards, objectives, and metrics.
striving to advance scientific publishing to ensure the high standards of reliability, accessibility, openness, and integrity of the scientific enterprise while promoting broad ethical and communal interests of science in support of Society diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
appointing Technical/Senior Editors to the journal’s editorial board on behalf of the President of the publishing Society.
serving as a member of the Societies’ Editorial Affairs, Policies, and Practices Committee among other responsibilities.

Candidates for the positions are appointed to a three‐year term, with eligibility for a second three‐year term, but not a third term without an intervening three‐year period. The position of Crop Science Editor is appointed by the President of CSSA. The position of Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment Editor is appointed by the ASA President in agreement with the CSSA President and Editor‐in‐Chief and confirmed by the ASA Board of Directors. Both appointments carry a great deal of responsibility as well as personal satisfaction. Interested persons may nominate themselves or be nominated by an active member of ASA, CSSA, or SSSA.

Nomination Instructions and Deadline

Candidates should email (i) a vita including a list of previous editorial experience and (ii) a vision statement for the journal not exceeding one page. Submit nominations no later than 1 May 2023. For the Crop Science Editor position, email CSSA Editor‐in‐Chief Bingru Huang at huang@sebs.rutgers.edu. For the Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment Editor position, email ASA Editor‐in‐Chief Kathy Yeater at kathleen.yeater@usda.gov. Both positions are open until filled. Please contact Drs. Huang or Yeater with any questions or for a full position description.

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