Seminar Speaker: Yang Xia, senior editor of Nature
Host: Zhongfang Liu, School of Ocean and Earth Science
Abstract:
1. Overview -Nature
2. Nature Publishing Group – Structure
3. Editorial Process at Nature-branded Research Journals
4. Overview and Structure at Nature and Nature Communications
5. Publishing Economics and Interdisciplinary Research in Nature Journals
6. Platforms and Resources in Nature
Work Experience:
Dr. Yang Xia joined in Nature as a senior editor in July 2020 and used to be the senior editor at Nature Communications during 2017-2020. As the first social science editor at both journals，she has a BS in economics, a MS in sustainability, both from the University of Leeds, and a doctorate in ecological economics from the University of East Anglia, where her research focuses on quantitative assessment of the socioeconomic impacts of health outcomes resulting from disasters such as heat-waves and air pollution. She handles manuscripts on socio-economics, climate-related health risks, climate policy and sustainability.
