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POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Acoustical Society of America
The ASA seeks candidates for the position of Editor-in-Chief (EIC) to fill the vacancy
that will open upon the retirement of the current EIC, Allan D. Pierce.
This is a great opportunity for an outstanding individual with a serious professional interest in acoustics to direct and influence the activities of the ASA flagship publication,
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA), and others including JASA-Express Letters (JASA-EL), Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics (POMA), Acoustics Today, Echoes, and the book publishing activities of the Society.
Since 1929, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA) has been the leading source of theoretical and experimental research results in the broad interdisciplinary study of sound. Subject coverage includes: linear and nonlinear acoustics; aeroacoustics; underwater sound and acoustical oceanography; ultrasonics and quantum acoustics; architectural acoustics; musical acoustics; noise; structural acoustics and vibration; speech communication; psychology and physiology of hearing; signal processing; engineering acoustics; transduction; biomedical acoustics; and animal bioacoustics.
DUTIES
The responsibilities of the ASA EIC include:
• Oversees the ASA Publications Manager and editorial office staff • Maintain publication policies for JASA, JASA-EL and POMA
• Manage Editors and Associate Editors
• Chair ASA Editorial Board meetings
• Serve as the key liaison between the ASA and the publisher
• Report to the ASA Executive Council on the publishing activities of the Society • Configure the ASA online Editorial System and maintain the Reviewer Database • Stimulate the growth of ASA publications
The routine activities of the Editor-in-Chief of a prestigious and archival scientific society journal in- clude extensive correspondence with ASA office staff, authors, reviewers, Editors, Associate Editors, and ASA committee chairs. The EIC solicits review papers to be submitted to JASA and recruits new ASA members by screening each JASA author.
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