A day in the life of technical editor: Celia Gitterman

Celia Gitterman

Celia Gitterman has spent the past four years working for the Royal Society of Chemistry as a technical editor. She talks to Tom Bond about her typical day

As part of its activities the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) publishes 27 journals, which are made up of articles submitted by chemists. Over 120 people work on these journals in the RSC’s Cambridge office. Each article is accepted for publication by a journal’s editor based on positive comments received from experts with knowledge of the subject area. Part of the informatics department and working in a team of 10 staff responsible for six journals, Celia’s job is to make sure the accepted articles are ready to be published on the Internet and in print.

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