Hugh Cowley Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

PLOS ONE, Physical Sciences & Engineering division. Responsible for assessment of manuscripts submitted to leading Open Access journal PLOS ONE, as well as development of editorial initiatives.- Launch of calls for papers and curation of paper collections- Enforcement of standards in human and animal research ethics, publication ethics, and in open data and code sharing, primarily in the physical sciences but also across the life sciences, health sciences, and social sciences- Monitoring peer review carried out by external academic editors, providing support, guidance, performance feedback, and suggestions for expert reviewers- Organising peer review and editorial decisions for submissions not able to be handled by academic editors- Identification of press-worthy submissions for promotion, advanced vetting of featured articles, and advising on suitability and scientific accuracy of written press releases- Carrying out publication ethics investigations, including triage, author correspondence, coordination of expert scientific assessment, and case resolution.- Data analysis and reporting, including of editorial board member survey and blog performance

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Business development for scientific journals. I worked on new product launches Reaction Chemistry & Engineering and Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, as well as established titles Catalysis Science & Technology, Chemical Society Reviews, Energy & Environmental Science, Green Chemistry, Soft Matter, Biomaterials Science, Polymer Chemistry, Chemical Communications, RSC Advances and Chemical Science, and the Faraday Discussions conference series.Experience:- Commissioning content in line with each journal strategy: researching the most impactful science across multiple subject areas and liaising with contributors throughout the submission and publication process.- Building strong relationships with Editorial Board members for multiple journals and with international researchers across a wide range of specialisms and levels of experience.- Analysing product performance data, competitors, and the scientific landscape to inform journal strategy; writing and presenting reports to journal Editorial Boards.- Leading development of over 20 special issues, including defining topics in collaboration with journal Editorial Board members and recruiting expert researchers to act as guest editors.- Promoting published articles through targeted email campaigns and social media.- Managing customer data in accordance with GDPR regulation.- Recruiting members to journal Advisory Boards with particular focus on diversity.- Recruiting over 200 Associate Editors during the rapid expansion of RSC Advances.- Advising a team of editors on matters of journal scope and operational policy.- Launching and coordinating an internal editors' peer group for sharing information, experience and best practice.- Training of new editors and mentoring of new starters across the publishing teams.- Championing and leading on improvements to business processes and trialling new initiatives- Interviewing authors and writing news articles about their research for magazine 'Chemistry World'

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Production for multidisciplinary scientific journals Chemical Communications, Chemical Science, RSC Advances and the Faraday Discussions conference series.Experience:- Coordinating expert peer review of submitted articles to identify the best content to publish in line with journal standards, and making final editorial decisions based on peer reviewer advice and recommendations.- Building strong relationships with external Associate Editors: training them on the requirements of their role and on using the article processing system, advising them on queries, monitoring their performance and providing constructive feedback when changes were needed.- Editing accepted article XML files to ensure clarity of scientific communication and accordance with house style.- Responsible for coordinating the commissioning and timely processing of cover art by a team of editors.- Responsible for managing the schedule of content publication through electronic and print issues, and for the production of special issues in collaboration with development editors.- Responsible for spot-checking article proofreading work by external suppliers, reporting problems and resolving any errors.- Working on a team responsible for providing technical support for users of internal systems.- Training new internal editors and providing constructive feedback to them, and updates to their manager.- Seconded into Development Editor role for nine months from September 2015 to June 2016

Norwich, United Kingdom

PFI management within Environment, Transport and Development.

Windsor, Canada

Royston, United Kingdom

Industry placement