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There are ~15-20 articles per Nature issue (not counting all the rest). I would assume that over $150,000, or ~3 full-time postdocs yearly nets should be enough
by shakow 5y ago
There are ~15-20 articles per Nature issue (not counting all the rest). I would assume that over $150,000, or ~3 full-time postdocs yearly nets should be enough for monthly minor editorial work.
- ineedasername 5y agoIn response, review this area of my comment above: Accurately & skillfully communicating research and results does not completely overlap the Venn diagram skill set of "excellent researcher". Research skills do not equate to communication skills. Postdocs are no more likely to have their Venn diagrams overlap significantly.
- NotSwift 5y agoScientists can be excellent communicators. It seems unlikely that any serious journal would hire editors that were not able to write clearly.
- shakow 5y agoPostdocs was only there to gauge what kind of peoples one can afford with that kind of money. But in any case, journals don't do any semantic editing on articles, so the whole point is moot: anyone can be an editor as long as they can typeset and maybe spot typos there and there, and neither communication nor research skill is required for that.