Join the Editorial Board

Are you a scientist looking to contribute your expertise and give back to the scientific community? If you believe that rigorous research deserves to be published, regardless of outcome or perceived impact, you might be a perfect fit for the PLOS ONE Editorial Board.

Academic Editor Responsibilities

Our Academic Editors oversee the peer review process from beginning to end, taking responsibility for conducting an initial assessment based on the PLOS ONE publication criteria, finding and inviting reviewers, evaluating their feedback, making editorial decisions, and communicating decisions to authors. Academic Editors play an active role in the community, and are highly engaged as representatives of PLOS ONE. Further details about the Academic Editor role and responsibilities can be found here. 

Interested in serving on the Editorial Board?

PLOS welcomes volunteers to the Editorial Board who support our mission, values, and commitment to providing a high-quality experience for our authors. 

Academic Editors for PLOS ONE...

• are active, funded researchers who are either Principal Investigators or who have an equivalent experience level
• have a strong publication record (20 or more peer-reviewed articles, varies by discipline. Academic Editors handling Clinical Trials must be corresponding/last author on at least four clinical trial manuscripts)
• are affiliated with an academic, governmental, or non-profit institution
• have enough room in their professional schedule to accommodate handling one or two manuscripts per month as a new Editor

If you are interested in serving as an Academic Editor, please complete this short form. The PLOS editorial office will be in touch as soon as we are able.