To promote the development of Journal of Infrastructure Preservation and Resilience (JIPR) and to offer a platform for early career researchers to contribute their professional services, JIPR is now recruiting Junior Editorial Board Members (JEBMS) worldwide, and sincerely invites early career researchers in the fields relevant to infrastructure preservation, infrastructure resilience, and risk management to join us.
1. About JIPR
Journal of Infrastructure Preservation and Resilience (JIPR) provides a cross-disciplinary forum for researchers to disseminate innovative research and engineering practices that preserve the integrity, performance, and resilience of infrastructure systems amid diverse climatic conditions, man-made and natural hazards, and other risks. Planning, design, construction, operations, inspection, monitoring, evaluation, retrofitting and reinforcing of infrastructure system (roads, bridges, tunnels, buildings, airports, ports, pipelines, etc.) are in scope with the journal. The journal aims to facilitate the dialog and collaboration between infrastructure engineering community and resilience and risk management community.
Journal of Infrastructure Preservation and Resilience (JIPR) (ISSN: 2662-2521) is a high-level English academic journal with international influence in the field of infrastructure engineering. The JIPR was co-founded in 2019 through a collaboration between Springer Nature and Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT).
The full text of all articles is deposited in digital archives around the world to guarantee long-term digital preservation. About one dozen scholarly articles have been published since March 2020. You can also access all articles published by SpringerOpen on SpringerLink. We are working closely with relevant indexing services including PubMed Central and Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) to ensure that articles published in JIPR will be available in their databases when appropriate. All the published articles are available at https://jipr.springeropen.com/
2. Rights of JEBMs
1) A letter of certification will be issued from JIPR to the selected JEBMs and the list of JEBMs will be publicized in the JIPR’s website; the term limit of JEBMs is two years, after which the JEBMs who made notable contributions to JIPR will be invited to serve as full editorial board members;
2) JEBMs will be invited to participate in topic planning of JIPR and meetings that hosted by JIPR, to interact with the editors, advisory board members, and editorial board members of JIPR;
3) The manuscripts recommended or submitted by JEBMs will be published in a timely fashion after the peer review process and publicized by JIPR in social media;
4) The proposal submitted by JEBMs on proposed Special Issues will be reviewed preferentially by JIPR;
6) Relevant research results of JEBMs can be publicized on JIPR platforms (e.g., webpage and social media) free of charge.
3. Responsibilities of JEBMs
1) Follow up scientific research trends, plan topics, and co-organize at least one Special Issue for JIPR; or alternatively, publish at least one high-quality manuscript in JIPR during the two-year term;
2) (optionally) invite one high-quality research article, review article, or Commentary from one of the top scholars in the JIPR-relevant fields, during the two-year term;
3) Promote the dissemination of JIPR achievements and outstanding papers, and enhance the visibility and brand recognition of JIPR in professional circles;
4) Serve as ambassador for JIPR in academia and relevant academic and professional conferences and events, and encourage potential authors to submit their work to JIPR;
5) Assist the editorial office in organizing, soliciting, unifying, publishing and publicizing contributions to relevant topics;
6) Assist the editorial office in reviewing at least one manuscript per year in the professional fields relevant to the JIPR scope;
7) Contribute to the strategic planning and growth of JIPR, by providing advice on the journal development and assisting in formulation and implementation of mid-term and long-term development plans.
4. Required qualifications of JEBMs
1) Motivation to provide outstanding professional service to the infrastructure preservation or resilience community and passionate about academic publishing and the development of JIPR;
2) Broad scientific vision and keen insights into the frontier of infrastructure research;
3) Personal experience in international research (e.g., pursuit of degree, visiting scholar, or work experience in a English-speaking country);
4) A doctorate degree in JIPR-related disciplines, and have certain international influence in the academic field (e.g., holding a position of Assistant Professor or equivalent).
5. Preferred qualifications of JEBMs
1) Well-connected internationally in the academic or professional community of infrastructure preservation and resilience;
2) Prior experience in contributing to JIPR as an author, reviewer, guest editor, etc.
3) A demonstrated publication record, with work published in internationally recognized journals and presented at well-respected conferences or workshops;
4) Experience of serving as editorial board member of other scholarly journals or extensive experience of providing peer review for scholarly journals.
6. Application process
1) Please send a cover letter (outlining your qualifications) and your resume before Jan. 31, 2021 (please indicate the subject of the email with "JEBM Application + Name + Affiliation").
2) The Editor-in-chief and associate editors will work with the JIPR editorial office to evaluate and select a total of up to 25 qualified candidates from the pool of applicants.
Contact: Prof. Dr. Dawei Wang
Associate Editor, Journal of Infrastructure Preservation & Resilience
Email: wang@isac.rwth-aachen.de