Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Communications (Machine Learning)

About the role

The Associate/Senior Editor role at Nature Communications will handle manuscripts in machine learning, computer vision, neural networks, natural language processing, agentic AI, algorithms, and statistical physics etc. It is ideal for researchers who love science and engineering but feel that a career at the bench isn’t enough to sate your desire to learn more about the natural world and for those who enjoy reading papers outside their chosen area of research.

What you'll do

• Handle original research manuscripts, applying critical scientific evaluation to assess quality, novelty
• Drive editorial excellence by delivering high-quality editorial services in accordance with journal standards, ensuring accuracy, consistency
• Manage and optimize publishing workflows and systems to support efficient manuscript processing, peer review, decision-making, and publication activities
• Collaborate closely with authors and reviewers to ensure a rigorous and transparent review process while maintaining strong stakeholder relationships
• Serve as a key representative of the journal within the scientific community, engaging with researchers and industry experts to understand emerging trends, priorities

What you need

• 3–6 years in content, writing & media
• Machine learning
• Research
• Physics
• Computer vision
• NLP
• PhD

What you get