Nature announces new editor-in-chief

"Nature has named Magdalena Skipper as its new editor-in-chief. She is the first woman to hold the post. Skipper, who is currently editor-in-chief of the open-access journal Nature Communications, will become the eighth editor of Nature. She will take over from Philip Campbell, who will move to the newly created post of editor in chief at publisher Springer Nature on 1 July. The announcement comes after a lengthy selection process. Skipper has worked at Nature journals for more than 15 years. She first joined the publisher in 2001 as an editor of Nature Reviews Genetics, later becoming the journal’s chief editor. During her tenure as Nature’s editor-in-chief, Skipper says she wants to continue the work that the journal does to ensure that scientific findings are reproducible and robust, particularly in the age of big data. She would also like Nature to focus more on early-career researchers. “Science is becoming increasingly analytically complex and data rich, so there is an increased focus on data and computation. We have taken some amazing strides,” Skipper says, while adding that there is more work to be done. She adds that as research is evolving, so too is the reporting of research, and it is up to publishers to work with scientists to meet the challenges that lie ahead. “Open science is very important,” she says. “This is a direction in which we will be following further.”..."