Interim Associate or Senior Solid Earth Editor, Nature Geoscience

springernature; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Springer Nature's Nature Geoscience seeks an Interim Associate or Senior Editor in geophysics to join the Nature Portfolio editorial team. The role spans manuscript assessment, editorial decisions, and strategy across geoscience research.

You will liaise with editors worldwide, commission content, and contribute to shaping the field while traveling to conferences and institutions as needed.

Qualifications

• PhD in geophysics or equivalent required.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with fluent English.
• Ability to read and assess novelty and implications of research submitted to geophysics journals.

Responsibilities

• Manuscript assessment and critical scientific evaluation with editor teams.
• Make well-reasoned editorial decisions based on expert advice.
• Contribute to content and strategy in geophysics within Nature Geoscience.
• Commission, edit content such as reviews or editorials.
• Liaise with editors across Nature Portfolio and international scientists.
• Attend conferences and visit research institutions to represent the journal.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Fluent English

Education

PhD in geophysics

Job description

Interim Associate or Senior Solid Earth (geophysics) Editor - Nature Geoscience

Fixed Term, full-time

Organisation: Nature Portfolio

Location: London, Milano, Pune

Application Deadline: 1st October 2026

About Springer Nature

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At Springer Nature, we recognise that great talent develops through many different paths. We encourage applications from individuals with strong transferable skills, provided they are supported by relevant experience that shows how those skills have been successfully applied in practice. Our hiring approach balances skills, experience, and potential to ensure each role is fulfilled with both short-term effectiveness and long-term growth in mind.

About the Brand

Nature Portfolio's high-quality journals and services across the life, physical, chemical and applied sciences help move science and society forward.

Nature Portfolio is home to the leading, international weekly journal of science, Nature - founded in 1869. It is also home to the Nature research and Nature Reviews journals, the leading open access multidisciplinary journal Nature Communications, and open access journals including Scientific Reports. Together, these journals publish some of the world's most significant scientific discoveries.

About the Role

Do you love science but feel that a career at the bench isn't enough to sate your desire to learn more about scientific research? Do you enjoy reading papers outside your chosen area of research? If the answer is 'yes' to any or all these questions, you could be the person we're looking for to join the Nature Portfolio editorial team. To help us build on the success of the portfolio, we're seeking an editor with experience in geophysics who has a critical eye, a deep understanding of their subject and interests beyond, and who can think on their feet. Knowledge of seismology, tectonics, geodynamics, and natural hazards would be desirable as would interests in glaciology and geomorphology.

Nature Geoscience is a monthly online and print journal that publishes the very best research from across the Earth and planetary sciences. The aim of this highly selective title is to understand Earth's history and its future evolution through publication of primary research, synthesis, news and opinion-type articles from across the broad spectrum of geosciences, encompassing field work, modelling and theoretical studies.

Responsibilities

• Manuscript Assessment and Critical Scientific Evaluation - Handling original research papers and working closely with editor teams on all aspects of the editorial process, including manuscript selection and overseeing peer review.
• Decision Quality - Making well-reasoned editorial decisions on submitted manuscripts in the light of expert advice.
• Scientific Comprehension - Contributing to content and strategy in this area at Nature Geoscience
• Scientific & Academic Writing - Commissioning, editing content such as Reviews, or writing editorials.
• Liaising extensively with editors at other journals in the Nature Portfolio and with experts in the international scientific community - Collaboration , Communicates Effectively.
• Attending conferences and visiting research institutions.

Skills, Experience & Qualifications

Essential

• A PhD (or equivalent) in a field related to geophysics.
• A thorough understanding of recent trends and developments in the field is essential.
• A passion for science and a thirst to learn more. You must be able to demonstrate the breadth of your interest in scientific research, both within and beyond your specialty.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including fluent English (written and spoken).
• The ability to read and assess the novelty, context and implications of research submitted to the journal from different areas of this discipline.
• Be eager to travel and meet scientists worldwide, learn more about them and their research, and help them learn more about us and what we are looking for in the papers we seek to publish.

Desirable

• Additional research experience valuable but not needed.
• Editorial experience is not required, although applicants with editorial experience are encouraged to apply and may be considered for Senior Editor positions.

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