International Journal for Quality in Health Care (IJQHC)

Call for Deputy Editors

The International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua) and Oxford University Press (OUP), are seeking applications for the position of Deputy Editor for the International Journal for Quality in Health Care (IJQHC). The Deputy Editor will champion research content for the IJQHC. The role holder(s) will assist the Editor-in-Chief in commissioning quality content to help maintain the Journals audience in a competitive market. The Deputy Editor will work collaboratively with the co-Deputy Editors, the Editor-in-Chief, OUP and ISQua.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Deputy Editor shall:

1. Stimulate quality papers for the Journal
2. Commission relevant articles for your area of expertise, particularly commentaries or papers that fit the journal’s existing series
3. Make provisional and final decisions on manuscripts
4. Select, invite, and assign (or recommend) reviewers for papers suitable for peer review
5. Assess reviewers’ comments
6. Advise/collaborate, at the request of the Editor-in-Chief, on appeals
7. On the basis of reviews, make recommendations to the Editor-in-Chief on the acceptance of papers of a suitable standard
8. Provide specialised advice about other papers submitted to lJQHC
9. Provide editorials for the lJQHC

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

At least five years’ experience as a senior academic and/or research professional, with a recognised and demonstrated standard of excellence in the following areas:

1. An established track record in Health Services research, Improvement Science, Implementation Science or Patient Safety research or practice
2. Experience as an in editorial role of a scientific or academic journal
3. Experience as a reviewer of papers submitted to scientific or academic journal

FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS

Subject to fulfilment of responsibilities, and in recognition of their special contribution to the Journal, ISQua shall advance a grant as needed of up to €1000 (euro) to each Deputy Editor to cover some of their costs to attend the ISQua International Conference or another conference of relevant interest to in their editorial work within the terms and amount of the budget set by the ISQua Board for that year. A free of charge registration for the main annual ISQua Conference will also be made available for each year of appointment.

Applicants are invited to apply by emailing a cover letter and a brief curriculum vitae of maximum two sides of A4 page stating professional affiliations, place of work and interest or skills in health systems or health IT to: smcardle@isqua.org by close of business Thursday, 20th August 2020.

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IJQHC Moving to Online Only

A decision has been made that, from August 2020, the International Journal for Quality in Health Care, will be available as a online journal only.

This decision was made for a number of reasons, including the fact that it is more environmentally friendly to be online only and is in keeping with our climate change policy. 

The current pandemic has demonstrated that mail can be unreliable and people now are looking for immediate access to information. We have decreased the time between submission and publication, and have begun publishing accepted manuscripts as advanced articles so that the knowledge is spread more rapidly.

As an Institutional Member, you receive site-wise access to the current and previous versions of the Journal. What this means is that anyone, within your organisation, can gain access to the Journal. 

If you are unsure how to set this up, or you have misplaced you log in details, please contact membership@oup.com who will be happy to help.

New Journal to be published by ISQua & OUP

ISQua and OUP are delighted to announce that we will be publishing a new Journal in early 2021 called IJQHC Communications. 

As well as being a cascade journal from the International Journal for Quality in Health Care (IJQHC), this new journal will focus on quality improvement in the health care system research protocols and the patient journey.

It is planned to publish four editions a year, with the intention of increasing frequency as the flow of published articles increases.

Articles published in IJQHC Communications will be open access. A maximum of 50% of all papers (including both those cascaded from IJQHC and original submissions to IJQHC Communications) shall be eligible to have their Author Charges waived in Year 1. 

Opportunities are also available for advertising within the new Journal, and preferential rates will be given to Institutional Members. If you are interested in advertising in IJQHC or IJQHC Communications, please contact Sinead at smcardle@isqua.org.