Topic: Energy Research & High Impact Publishing in Joule
Speaker: Dr. Philip Earis & Dr. Rose Zhu
Time: 15:30 , June 14, 2018
Venue: Room 502, Building of State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Wushan Campus
Abstract: In this talk I will offer a unique insight into the publishing process of a high-impact energy journal, from the perspective of a recent energy researcher-turned-editor. I will first introduce Joule, the new high-impact energy journal from Cell Press, and our Editorial team. Next, I will motivate and demonstrate Joule’s strong interest in serving the energy research community in China. I will then shed light on the life of a scientific editor, the manuscript life cycle, and the peer review process. Finally, I will give additional detail describing editor considerations when evaluating manuscripts and provide advice and provide typical well-written examples to authors from an editor’s point of view.
Biography: Philip Earis is Editor-in-Chief of Joule, a world-class scale-spanning energy research journal published by Cell Press. With a research background in physics from Cambridge University, Philip joined the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2004 where he ran a portfolio of 7 leading physical science journals.  This included the journal Energy & Environmental Science, which he launched in 2008 and developed to be one of the world’s highest-impact research publications (Impact Factor = 29.5). Philip has extensive collaborations with China, and in 2009 Philip worked with Prof. Chunli Bai (President, CAS) to launch Nanoscale, a high-profile nano journal. In 2013 Philip left academic publishing, moving to India for three years to run Project Light, an organisation developing and installing solar power in off-grid Indian communities. Philip returned to the UK in 2016 for a new position with Cell Press (publishers of the famous life-science journal Cell), to launch Joule. He frequently visits China and has close connections with many leading scientists around the world.