Editor-in-Chief, JGME

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

The Editor-in-Chief for The Journal of Graduate Medical Education (JGME) serves as the steward of the journal, ensuring it remains trusted, relevant, and rigorous through a clear editorial vision aligned with the needs of the GME community.

The role includes recruiting and guiding the Editorial Board, overseeing a high-quality peer-review process, and coordinating with JGME staff on author guidelines and publication practices to advance scholarship and patient education.

Qualifications

• Editorial leadership and vision for a medical education journal.
• Oversight of peer-review processes and publication quality.
• Ability to recruit and mentor an Editorial Board across specialties.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain a clear editorial vision aligned with the needs of the GME community.
• Oversee a high-integrity peer review process with fair policies and timely decisions.
• Recruit, mentor, and recognize a high-quality Editorial Board across geographies and specialties.
• Provide orientation and ongoing guidance to senior and associate editors; ensure clear author instructions.
• Coordinate with JGME staff on instructions for authors and reviewers; uphold responsible scholarly publishing.

Skills

Editorial leadership

Peer-review oversight

Recruitment

Strategic planning

Communication

Job description

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Editor-in-Chief, JGME

700 Journal Chicago, IL, US

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, Journal of Graduate Medical Education

Job Description

The following describes the various aspects of the designated job. Some or all of these aspects may be changed over time, with or without notice, at the sole discretion of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States (US) on a full‑time basis. The ACGME will not provide employment sponsorship for this position (e.g., H-1B Visa or other US employment authorization).

Job Overview

The Editor-in-Chief serves as the steward of The Journal of Graduate Medical Education (JGME), responsible for ensuring the journal remains a trusted, relevant, and rigorous peer reviewed resource for the graduate medical education (GME) community. This role combines editorial leadership with field awareness (i.e., grounded in the realities of residency and fellowship education and training, and focused on advancing scholarship that improves educational practice to improve the quality of patient care).

The Editor-in-Chief represents the mission, vision, and values of JGME and is responsible for recruiting the JGME Editorial Board, which is editorially independent from the ACGME. The Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Board together ensure JGME publishes work that is timely, methodologically sound, valuable to GME educators and researchers, and comprehensible to readers with varying expertise and roles.

The Editor-in-Chief is recruited by the Journal Oversight Committee of the ACGME Board of Directors, whose members and Chair are appointed by the ACGME, the publisher of JGME.

The Editor-in-Chief may not be an ACGME employee.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Editorial Direction and Content Priorities

1. Define and maintain a clear editorial vision aligned with the needs of the GME community.
2. Prioritize content that is rigorous, credible, relevant, and reflects the needs of GME educators and researchers.
3. Ensure that the journal addresses emerging and ongoing challenges in GME, such as assessment, the undergraduate-to-GME and GME-to-practice transitions, new technologies, and professionalism.
4. Develop new content to expand GME conversations in order to move the field forward.

Editorial Decision-Making and Peer Review Oversight

1. Oversee a high-integrity peer review process that is fair, consistent, and high quality through clear policies and processes.
2. After input from senior editors and associate editors, make final publication decisions.
3. Ensure behaviors and communications toward authors are collegial and educational, with an eye toward developing new authors.
4. Recruit, sustain, and recognize a high-quality peer reviewer database that reflects the GME community.
5. Continuously improve the peer-review process to help select the highest-quality articles, and to optimize submission-to-publication timelines.

1. Lead recruitment of and sustain a high-performing, Editorial Board across specialties, academic seniority, geography, settings, and GME experiences.
2. Provide orientation and ongoing guidance and feedback to senior and associate editors.
3. Oversight of educational materials and work with JGME staff members on instructions for authors and reviewers.
4. Support a culture of responsibility, mutual support, and recognition.

1. Ensure that JGME’s scope aligns with the ACGME mission, while preserving an independent editorial board, peer-review process, and publication decisions.
2. Ensure that the Journal Oversight Committee, which oversees the scope of the journal and the Editor-in-Chief’s performance, is informed of journal activities, directions, and policies at regular meetings.