A leucistic female pheasant - I’ve never seen one of these before! Norfolk, UK. @rspb.bsky.social

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After 18 years as an editor at @natureportfolio.nature.com journals and @science.org, I am now a freelance editor. By being a step away from your work, I can take an objective view and give constructive feedback to improve papers, revisions, and grant proposals. www.biosciedit.co.uk 1/n

After 18 years as an editor at Nature journals and Science, I am now a freelance editor. By being a step away from your work, I can take an objective view and give constructive feedback on papers, grants etc. www.biosciedit.co.uk/testimonials/ 1/n

Thrilled to share new work led by @jieyang437.bsky.social in the lab published today in @Nature. We find that Aspirin prevents metastasis by releasing T cells from immune suppression by platelet TXA2. @Cambridge_Uni @CRUKCamCentre rdcu.be/eci1U

Vance accuses the UK of having a free speech problem while a list of banned words have been introduced by the US govt to “censor” scientific research. Erm… 🤨 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

After 18 years as an editor at Nature journals and Science, I am a freelance editor. By being a step away from your work, I can take an objective view and give constructive feedback on papers, grants etc. www.biosciedit.co.uk These are some of the main issues my edits often address: 🧵1/n

And for comparison, as a Deputy (managing) editor at Science, I worked 60 hours a week for <$100K a year. The staff who actually put the journal together to make all this money for AAAS and to pay execs are not valued. Which is part of the reason I left and now freelance.

Last week I gave a career pathways talk at the @cruk-ci.bsky.social, highlighting the lessons I have learned after 18 years working at @natureportfolio.bsky.social journals and @science.org. My conclusion, editors are generalists, creative, decisive, fair, and open-minded. It’s hard, but rewarding.

Editing isn’t about rewriting, it’s about coaching. It’s not about grammar, it’s about creating a sound scientific argument. An editor sees the problems and suggests solutions. After 18 years at Nature journals and Science, I am a freelance editor, working on papers, grants… www.biosciedit.co.uk