This document is a proposal, and does not (yet) reflect current policy of the R Journal
This vignette gives an overview of the roles in the R Journal editorial team, the responsibilities that come with each role, and an overview of the editorial process. There are separate guides that detail the operational and technical details, in particular:
The editorial team consists of four Executive Editors (EE), of which one is the Editor-in-Chief (EIC). The EEs are supported by a team of Associate Editors.
The team of EEs follow a rotating schedule. A new member will act as EE for 2 years, takes the role of EIC in year 3, and returns to EE for their last year.
AEs are in principle appointed for three years, but extensions are possible if both the EEs and AE agree.
All members of the editorial team are expected to take appropriate action in the case of conflicts of interest. See the conflict of interest policy.
The EIC is responsible for:
In particular, the EIC distributes the article workload amongst the EEs. The EIC organizes biweekly meetings for the EE team, monthly meetings for the AE team, and an annual meeting with the advisory board. The EIC also ensures that there are always four EEs and sufficient AEs to handle the workload. Finally, the EIC ensures that the quarterly issues are produced and published.
An EE is responsible for:
In particular, the EE communicates with AE and with the authors of submissions. They ensure that both the reviews and the decision on submissions are properly argued, and that this argumentation is both archived and communicated to the authors.
EEs may choose to hand over a paper to an AE but they will typically also handle some papers themselves. For those papers, the EE also takes on the responsibilities of an AE.
An AE is responsible for:
When handling a new submission, there are several points of decision. Here we detail who takes each decision and in which order. The way decisions are made can be found in the AE, EE and EIC guides.
When a (re)submission arrives
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