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Editorial Board membership brings with it a number of opportunities to advance your research, network within your field, and develop your career prospects. You can also advance your academic community's growth by selecting and publishing high-quality research, collaborating with other members of the journal's leadership team by making editorial decisions, managing the peer-review process, and guiding the journal's overall strategy. Here at Sage, we are dedicated to helping you make the most of it.
While the specifics may differ slightly from journal to journal, as an Editorial Board Member you will need to:
Being part of an Editorial Board allows you to engage with professionals, scholars, and experts from all over the world. While serving on an Editorial Board, there are often opportunities to meet and work with professionals within your field - whether at board meetings at conferences, in online board meetings, or through collaborative working on a journal project such as a Special Collection or Special Issue. Many journals at Sage also have mentorship or editorial fellowship opportunities that allow early-career researchers to gain valuable experience. Additionally, we at Sage work with our journal editors and society partners to help develop their editorial board members, making involvement with Sage journals rewarding regardless of how advanced your academic career is.
As part of an Editorial Board, you are integral in shaping the direction of the journal. Your work involves not only ensuring the journal publishes rigorously peer-reviewed research but also advising on areas of emerging or rapidly evolving research that should form part of the journal’s focus, allowing you to shine a spotlight within the academic literature on your particular areas of interest.
Serving on an Editorial Board can be an enriching experience that fosters your professional growth. It allows you to stay up to date with the latest research and developments in your field. Reviewing manuscripts can also enhance your own knowledge and expertise. Editorial Board membership will help you develop as an author, reviewer and educator, and allow you to maximise your value and impact within your academic sphere. At Sage, we understand the critical importance of securing grants and funding to advance your research career, and are here to help – this webinar on how to secure funding is a great place to start.
Joining an Editorial Board allows you to be involved in editorial work such as the selection, shaping and curation of high-quality research - you, therefore, play a key role in the advancement and dissemination of knowledge within your field. Through your work on the Editorial Board, you help ensure the quality and integrity of published content, maintain the standards of the publication and contribute to the overall body of knowledge that can impact future studies and policy decisions