Profile Duncan Is the Director of DN Journal Publishing Services and Has Over 14 Years’ Experience Working in the Journal Publishing Industry

Duncan Nicholas

Profile Duncan is the Director of DN Journal Publishing Services and has over 14 years’ experience working in the journal publishing industry. Duncan provides independent editorial consultancy and training courses to publishers, researchers and the wider scholarly community, working with clients around the world in Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa, and North America.

Duncan writes and delivers training workshops and presentations to editorial staff and researchers of all levels of academic experience and seniority on a wide range of topics, and has been involved in the development, creation of content and recording of online learning materials, including the Publons Peer Reviewer Academy.

His workshops include editorial office management, writing and journal publishing skills, peer review, journal metrics, open science, social media & promotion, publishing & research ethics, and copyright & licensing.

Duncan currently holds positions with two academic publishing organisations. He is Vice-President for the European Association of Science Editors (EASE) and served as Chair of the 2017 and 2018 Conference Organising Committee for the International Society for Managing and Technical Editors (ISMTE).

Education

1998 - 2002 Bachelor of Science (BSc), Psychology, 2:1 Southampton Solent University Clients Companies:

Charlesworth Enago KnowledgeE Publons

Universities & Institutions: Beijing Children's Hospital, China Beijing Foreign Studies University, China Beijing Huilongguan Hospital, China Glasgow University, UK Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, China Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia Kings’ College London, UK

1 University of Central Lancashire, UK University of East Anglia, UK University of Strathclyde, UK University of Sussex, UK Vilnius University, Lithuania

Work experience

Nov. 2015 – Present Director DN Journal Publishing Services

I offer experienced editorial management, training and consultancy for scholarly publishers, societies, and all members of the research community.

I deliver training, workshops and conference speaking for editorial staff and researchers, on these themes;  The essentials of article submission and peer review for authors  An introduction to open science  An introduction to journal metrics  The essentials of social media for researchers   An introduction to publication ethics  An introduction to copyright and licensing  Optimising promotion and impact of journal contents  Optimising peer review management and workflows  How-to successfully utilise editorial boards   How-to perform effective competitor analysis  How-to effectively commission journal content  How-to effectively manage copyflow  How-to effectively publish special issues   Peer review administration training  Author workshops  Editor Workshops  Journal Development Workshops

I have worked with publishers to improve the content, subscriptions presence and impact of their titles. I have worked with existing successful titles seeking to reach another level of performance, and adapt to developing trends in publishing, as well as smaller niche titles to consolidate their position as a key title in their field and broaden their impact.

I provide a range of editorial services, including projects such as implementing society membership list management systems, compiling and presenting reports for meetings, creating and reviewing new journal proposals.

My peer review services offer full management and editorial support; from site configuration, first submission, through peer review and decision-making, to the transfer of files to production systems.

Website: http://www.dnjournals.co.uk Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dnjournals

2 Key Skills: • Configuration-level expertise of ScholarOne Manuscripts, Editorial Manager, and Open Journal Systems. • High-level, granular reporting and analysis. • Journal business development, competitor analysis and business case proposals. • Conference presenting, and conducting training workshops.

Sep. 2012 – Nov. 2015 Journal Development Editor Taylor & Francis

As the senior co-founding member of a small team, I was responsible for enhancing quality in all editorial aspects of journal publishing for the Taylor and Francis Group.

Main roles included the development of specific journal titles through evidence-based analysis and broader subject-area related research; creating and leading inter-departmental projects related to new trends and innovations in academic publishing; creating best practice guidelines for internal staff and journal editors, speaking at company- wide academy days; and enhancing relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.

My role involved working collaboratively across all departments of the company - editorial, peer review systems, production, author services, marketing and business research to enhance reputation, reader usage and sustainability of publications.

I have worked intensively across the fields of arts & humanities, behavioural science, public health, business, economics and sociology, education, engineering and IT, environment and agriculture, physical sciences, mathematics, politics, geography and area studies.

Website: http://editorresources.taylorandfrancisgroup.com/ Twitter: www.twitter.com/tandfeditors

Key Skills • Use of bibliometric analysis tools, such as Web of Science, SCOPUS, and Altmetric. • High-level, granular reporting and analysis. • Journal business development, competitor analysis and business case proposals. • Presentation and meeting organisation. • Training Editorial staff in one-on-one and group sessions • Advanced MS Office skills, particularly Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access and Publisher. • Innovating functionality, efficiencies and correspondence in peer-review management. • Analysing journal content through competitor; content and contributor analysis. • Developing editorial and marketing strategies. • Evaluating and developing innovative projects, products and processes to improve quality in editorial aspects of journal publishing. • Facilitating initiatives and processes to improve internal and external communication.

3 • Providing regular development plans and reports for specific high profile journal titles.

Apr. 2005 – Sep. 2012 Managing Editor Taylor & Francis

For over seven years I dealt with senior academics, journal editors, authors, and reviewers in managing the editorial and peer review processes for around 30 psychology journals across several fields, including cognition, neuroscience and behavioural psychology.

I oversaw implementation, ongoing development and daily peer review management of databases and online reviewing sites (ScholarOne Manuscripts); provided detailed analysis and reports to the Publisher and the Journal Editors on an ongoing basis and for annual and quarterly meetings. Created best practice guidelines for other peer review staff and wrote reviewer guidelines for use on individual journal websites.

In this role I gained a thorough knowledge and sophisticated aptitude for the academic publishing world.

Key Skills • Advanced Peer Review support • Advanced ScholarOne Manuscripts configuration • MS Office skills, particularly Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access and Publisher. • Article production process and functions, for print and online publication, including familiarity with DOIs, reference linking, XML, full- text HTML and PDF articles. • Experience working with figures and tables including line drawings, photographs, and slides. • Producing sophisticated summary reports for quarterly and annual presentations. • Familiarity with copyright and licencing contract terms and conditions. • Familiarity with publishing ethics • Familiarity with journal style guides, particularly APA.

Professional organisations

Sep. 2015 – present Vice-President (appointed ay 2018)

European Association of Science Editors (EASE) EASE was established in 1983, and has almost 400 members involved in a range of science editing professions and occupations, in over 50 countries around the world. The Association holds a conference every two years in a European city.

As Vice-President, I am heavily involved in developing the profile of the Association, providing workshops and toolkits for use by the EASE community, and work at increasing the collaborative efforts between EASE, publishers and other organisations.

I have written articles on science communication for their European Science Editing journal, authored guidelines for use by Association members, am involved in Association strategy groups, conference

4 speaking and organisation.

For the 2016 conference in June, I will be moderating a panel discussion on certification of editors. In a separate session, I will also be speaking on ways in which editorial offices manage ethical conduct.

I regularly conduct interviews with authors of the Association’s Journal European Science Editing, for publication on the EASE blog.

I am involved in the social media accounts for EASE, running the Facebook page, group, Twitter account and blog and developing strategies to maximise the impact of these.

Website: www.ease.org.uk Twitter: https://twitter.com/EASEeditors Facebook: www.facebook.com/EurSciEd Blog: http://ese-bookshelf.blogspot.co.uk

Jan. 2015 – present Conference Organising Committee International Association of Science Editors (ISMTE) I have been a member of the International Society for Managing and Technical Editors (ISMTE) since its inception in 2007. The organisation currently has over 1000 members around the world, and hosts three conferences per year, one in the USA, one in Europe and one in Asia.

In January 2015 I began serving on the Conference organisation committee to organise the 2015 and 2016 conferences. I took on the position of Chair of the organising committee for the 2017 and 2018 meetings.

I have provided editorial skills workshops at Society conferences, and authored articles for their Editorial Office News publication.

Website: www.ismte.org

Testimonials

Professor Abdelazeem It gives me great pleasure to write this testimonial regarding Mr. EL-Dawlatly Duncan Nicholas. I came to know Mr. Nicholas through one of his King Saud University workshops on "How to be a successful journal editor" conducted EIC Saudi Journal of recently in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on 23rd March 2018. The workshop Anaesthesia was excellent, well attended and rich in scientific contents. Mr. Nicholas is an excellent, skilful and talented instructor in those kinds of workshops related to journal management. I personally get use of my attendance of this workshop by learning some tips on upgrading our beloved "Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia" and improving its impact factor.

At a personal level Mr. Nicholas is very kind and polite besides he is much liked by all attendees of the workshop. I'll be so happy to attend in the future any kind of workshops related to journal management organized by Mr. Nicholas and I’ll convey this message to my

5 colleagues in the same field.

Dr. Lisa Worrall | The Centre for Staff and Educational Development at the UEA has University of East Anglia utilised Duncan’s services since 2016 with great success, to which, the Staff Development feedback received from staff who have attended his workshops, has Officer been excellent.

Duncan’s specialist knowledge covers an array of topics that are critical to staff involved in the research and publication process. His depth of knowledge and experience, along with his innate abilities to apply this knowledge, mean that he is always the first person that we approach when we are looking to provide this type of training.

We very much look forward to continuing procuring the services of Duncan and DN Journals throughout 2018 and far beyond.

Julia T. Vilstrup Mouatt I’ve had the pleasure of working closely with Duncan since early 2017 Publons / Clarivate as he’s played a crucial part in developing the content for Publons Analytics Academy, our online free training course in peer review. With the help Head of Publons of his extensive knowledge and experience in the academic publishing Academy industry we have developed high quality content that we are proud of, and which has been informed by relevant experts drawn from his wide network. Not only is he narrating the online training module videos he’s also become our go-to person to deliver Publons Academy in- person workshop and seminars in the UK.

We look forwards to continue working with DN journals and Duncan in 2018 to add additional content and deliver more workshops and seminars.

Rajiv Shirke | Vice We have worked with Duncan over several assignments to date and it Enago has been an absolute pleasure associating with him so far. President - Global Operations As part of a recent project, Duncan conducted a series of workshops for us in the African continent. He was very professional and accommodated some unforeseen last-minute changes with immense composure. During the sessions, he was able to easily connect with the audience as a result of his crisp presentation style, in-depth knowledge regarding the intricacies of academic publishing as well as the ability to deal with questions effectively. The workshops were indeed an absolute success and we received excellent feedback from the attendees. We would also like to thank Amelia for her fantastic support and outstanding organizational skills throughout the project.

We would definitely recommend DN Journals for the various services they offer and look forward to working with them again in the near future.