Call for Nominations
Editor-in-Chief, Transportation Science
Deadline for Nominations: March 20, 2020
The final term of Professor Martin Savelsbergh as editor-in-chief of the journal Transportation Science (TS) will expire on December 31, 2020. Based on recommendations from the INFORMS Publications Committee, the president of INFORMS has appointed a committee to conduct a full search for a new editor-in-chief. The committee intends to propose a candidate for approval by INFORMS no later than June 1, 2020.
All members of INFORMS are invited to participate in this process. The committee seeks your opinions and comments on (1) the current state of the journal; (2) recommendations for change, if any; and (3) candidates for editor-in-chief.
Qualifications for the editor-in-chief of TS will include
- A demonstrated interest in a broad range of topics in the field
- A demonstrated record of excellence in research in the field
- Dedication and enthusiasm for TS
- Significant editorial experience
- Vision of the role of scholarly publications in the electronic and open-access age
- Commitment to the workload involved
- Ability to effectively and efficiently manage the editorial process
- Strong communication skills and demonstrated ability to work with people
Further information about the journal is available at the TS website:
https://pubsonline.informs.org/journal/trsc
Members of the search committee are Claudia Archetti (ESSEC Business School, France, and Committee Chair), Jean-François Cordeau (HEC Montréal, Canada), Andres Medaglia (Universidad de los Andes, Colombia), Yanfeng Ouyang (University of Illinois, US), Michal Tzur (Tel Aviv University, Israel), and Mattheu Walls (INFORMS Director of Publications).
Please submit comments, recommendations, and nominations (including self-nominations) by March 20, 2020. The information may be sent (preferably by email) to the chair of the TS Editorial Search Committee:
Prof. Claudia Archetti
Department of Information Systems, Decision Sciences and Statistics
ESSEC Business School
3 Avenue Bernard Hirsch
95021 Cergy-Pontoise, France
archetti@essec.edu
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Matthew Walls
Director of Publications
INFORMS
Catonsville MD
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