ERA Neph-Manual Editor-in-Chief

Title of Responsibility: ERA Neph-Manual Editor-in-Chief

Accountable to: Council of ERA

Publisher: ERA

Appointment: Contracted 3-year term (starting June 2027 ending June 2030), renewable for maximum another three-year term depending on the evolution of the project.

Remuneration: The ERA Neph-Manual Editor-in-Chief receives a flat fee compensation of 10 000 EUR a year (from June to June each year) as well as ERA managerial, marketing and communication, and administrative support. ERA is only responsible for this amount. The ERA Neph-Manual Editor-in-Chief is responsible for any taxes etc. linked to the receipt of this amount. ERA will finally support with funds (i.e. room rental/catering) for an Editorial Board meeting to be held, once a year, at the occasion of the annual ERA Congress and for yearly organizing a meeting with a core group of the Editorial Board at the ERA Headquarters in Parma, Italy.

Conditions: You must be a Full Active Member of the ERA and you must have completed and updated the ERA DoI (Disclosure of Interest), valid for the current year. You must have enough time to dedicate to the ERA Neph-Manual project and to combine it with any other obligations.

 

Purpose of the Role

The ERA views the ERA Neph-Manual as an exclusive membership benefit of the ERA and expects anyone appointed to the position of ERA Neph-Manual Editor-in-Chief to approach the role with all due priority and respect. The ERA Neph-Manual Editor-in-Chief will, at all times, act as a true ambassador for the project in all scenarios, representing the ERA Neph-Manual, working with the ERA Council, and wider team to raise the ERA Neph-Manual’s profile and encouraging high-quality content that supports the ERA Neph-Manual’s mission.

The ERA Neph-Manual must contain all relevant up-to-date chapters in clinical nephrology and related fields. The ERA Neph-Manual must have great educational value in particular, but not only, for younger physicians and should help them prepare for the European nephrology exam. The chapters should be regularly updated to include the latest results of basic science as well as clinical studies.

 

Responsibilities, Procedures, Duties

• In collaboration with the ERA Council, the ERA Neph-Manual Editor-in-Chief can invite additional chapters if he/she believes these are missing in the current version of the ERA Neph-Manual. One chapter can have no more than 3 authors, and 1 author must always be junior. The ERA Neph-Manual Editor-in-Chief is responsible for monitoring timelines (submission of chapters, evaluation, and final publication). Each new chapter must include relevant multiple-choice questions that help the reader prepare for the European nephrology exam.
• The ERA Neph-Manual Editor-in-Chief is responsible for ensuring that the content of the ERA Neph-Manual is accurate, up-to-date, credible, authoritative, relevant to the scope and mission, readable, and comprehensible.
• The ERA Neph-Manual Editor-in-Chief should critically evaluate how the possibilities of the ERA Neph-Manual could be further expanded and how the chapters could optimally be linked to the European nephrology exam preparation.
• Given the educational mission of the ERA Neph-Manual, the Editor-in-Chief must work closely together with ERA’s Young Nephrologists’ Platform to incorporate their ideas and fields of interest in the ERA Neph-Manual.
• After approval of the ERA Council, the ERA Neph-Manual Editor-in-Chief can add / replace Editorial Board members to help with the evaluation of the chapters.
• The ERA Neph-Manual Editor-in-Chief shall also work closely together with the appointed ERA Council Member and ERA Headquarters (the ERA Neph-Manual Editor-in-Chief must work with the staff appointed by the ERA to oversee the project both from a managerial, marketing and communication, and administrative point of view). He/she shall regularly update the ERA Council and Headquarters on its progress.
• The ERA Neph-Manual Editor-in-Chief recognises and respects the role of the ERA Council in setting the over-arching mission of the ERA Neph-Manual and that the editorial responsibilities awarded with this role are ultimately in the light of ERA’s overall mission and vision (see Appendix I below which is an integral part of this document).
• The ERA Neph-Manual Editor-in-Chief shall recognise that scientific and editorial ethics are founded upon integrity, competence, and a responsibility to protect the communal and public interest.
• The ERA Neph-Manual Editor-in-Chief will act professionally, without prejudice or conflict of interest. The ERA Neph-Manual Editor-in-Chief will not allow his/her editorial judgment to be influenced by political, commercial and other considerations that are beyond the scope of each scientific report and analysis of possible impacts and applications.
• The ERA Neph-Manual Editor-in-Chief will not disclose confidential information unless authorised by the source of that information, or there are allegations of misconduct that require access to that confidential information for proper investigation, or the ERA Neph-Manual Editor-in-Chief is required by law to disclose that information.
• The ERA Neph-Manual Editor-in-Chief shall refrain from using confidential information for personal gain and shall take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is not used for the advantage of other parties.
• The ERA may immediately terminate the appointment given to the ERA Neph-Manual Editor-in-Chief on written notice to the e- ERA Neph-Manual Editor-in-Chief in any of the following events:
• • the ERA Neph-Manual Editor-in-Chief commits any serious or persistent breach of his/her obligations outlined in this document including extremely poor performance of the management of the project and/or its performance;
  • the ERA Neph-Manual Editor-in-Chief is guilty of dishonesty, serious misconduct, incompetence, wilful neglect of his/her duties, or does anything that in any way damages or threatens to damage the reputation of the ERA Neph-Manual or the ERA; or
  • the ERA Neph-Manual Editor-in-Chief is or becomes, through illness, injury or otherwise, incapable of performing the whole or any substantial part of the Editor-in-Chief’s duties under this Agreement for any material time.

 

APPENDIX I

ERA’ Mission
The objects of the Association are the advancement of medical science by promoting fundamental and clinical advances in the field of nephrology, dialysis, renal transplantation, hypertension, and related subjects.

ERA’s Vision
To continuously advance education and continuous professional development applying a standard, common format for all subspecialties in all areas of nephrology, from clinical nephrology to dialysis and transplantation.

To promote ambitious collaborations among European investigators aimed at formulating high quality projects in the nephrology field.

To involve young talented nephrologists in all editorial activities of the Neph-Manual, wherever appropriate.

To promote nephrology as a career opportunity for European medical students.