Recruiting Topical Advisory Panel Members for the International Journal of Molecular Sciences

The Editorial Office of the International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS, ISSN: 1422-0067) is pleased to announce that applications are open for the Topical Advisory Panel. Should you decide to serve on the Topical Advisory Panel, you would be responsible for some of the following tasks, depending on your availability:

Providing regular reviews of manuscripts;
Setting up at least one Special Issue (SI) in partnership with a senior researcher within two years of taking on the role and proposing a detailed strategy plan for the SI. The topic of the proposal should be within the scope of IJMS. The scope of the Special Issue should be broad enough to attract a reasonable number of submissions but narrow enough to provide a cohesive collection of articles. The Special Issue should cover a small part of the scope of IJMS;
Providing a detailed strategy plan for the SI including assisting in preparing the Special Issue’s/topic’s title, aim and scope, summary, and keywords, soliciting papers and promoting the SI;
Providing support for the Special Issues/topics related to your expertise when the Guest Editor(s) is not available. This includes SI promotion via social media and giving advice on some scientific cases;
Promoting our journal at conferences (adding 1–2 slides into your presentation, distributing flyers, recommending the journal to your colleagues, etc.), on social media, and other relevant platforms;
Working with Editorial Board Members or the Editorial Office to promote high-quality/featured papers (for example, writing summaries or highlights for editor-selected papers).

To qualify as a Topical Advisory Panel Member, applicants must:

have expertise and experience in the field related to IJMS;
have completed their Ph.D. within approximately the last 10 years;
have published at least 6 papers in the last 5 years as a first author or corresponding author;
currently hold an independent research position in academia or a government institute.

Each year, the members’ performance is evaluated, and outstanding members are promoted to the Editorial Board by the Editor-in-Chief. Please click on the following link to submit your application: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijms/topical_advisory_panel_application.

Please do not hesitate to contact the IJMS Editorial Office for further details and clarification.

IJMS Editorial Office