20 MAY 2022 (FRI) 14:00-16:00

Geography Distinguished Seminar Series

Date: 20 May 2022 (Friday)

Time: 14:00 – 16:00 (HKT)

Venue: via Zoom

Registration link: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=81394

Zoom link: link will be provided upon successful registration

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Title of the talk:

Publishing Interdisciplinary Research in Nature Journals

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 Interdisciplinary Research in Nature Journals

6. Platforms and Resources in Nature

Speaker:

Dr XIA Yang

Senior Editor at Nature

Dr. Yang Xia is a senior editor in Nature and used to be an editor at Nature Communications during 2017-2020. She works as the first Economics 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. She is based in the Shanghai office.

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