Francesca Riboni

Experience

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  Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg - Department of Materials Science

  Jan 2015 - Oct 2017

  Post-doctoral research fellow

  - Secured funding for research projects on energy conversion (granted budget: ca. 5 M EUR)- Co-supervised start-up and research activities of the "Photoelectrochemical/Fuel Cell" group – partnership between the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and the Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Olomouc, Czech Rep.- Manuscript preparation: research papers, reviews and proposals; presentations at conferences- Supervised researchers and PhD students- Expertise in materials science, energy conversion and electrochemistry Show less

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  Wiley-VCH

  Nov 2017 - Mar 2021

  - Manuscripts assessment and peer-review process management; > 1200 manuscripts/year- Building relationships with editorial board members, authors, reviewers, and journal readership; content acquisition for journals- Coaching assistant editors: training of a new colleague (US-based team) on peer-review editor activities and workflow, content acquisition and publishing workshop- Publishing workshops for academic researchers- Open Access advocate for the “Projekt DEAL-Wiley” agreement: workshops for the German research community to promote Wiley open access strategy- Research integrity and publishing ethics team: investigating potential unethical research and publishing cases (industry best practice and COPE guidelines); supporting Wiley editorial offices in dealing with copyright and literature correction- Analysis of journals’ referral network and optimization of transfer cascading for content retention- Authoring articles for the scientific news platform Advanced Science News. For an overview, see https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/author/friboni/ Show less

  • Associate Editor

    Jul 2018 - Mar 2021

  • Assistant Editor

    Nov 2017 - Jul 2018
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  Wiley

  Apr 2021 - now

  - Author of blogs, reference material, case studies and market analysis to explain the changing environment of scholarly publishing to company external and internal stakeholders and align their behaviour to strategic objectives- Lead of a survey design for a subset of company external stakeholders; designed to reach > 12k members to gain insights and create a segmentation around their needs and challenges, address their satisfaction, motivations and engagement with company strategy- Member of Change & Engagement workstreams and of Change Agent Networks in company-wide projects- Lead for various pilot projects aimed at increasing research publishing division revenues- Lead of an on-line seminar program for external stakeholders on key industry initiatives; reached on average >100 stakeholders with every event- Designed and led a workshop series to facilitate discussions between external stakeholders and colleagues on growth and the future of publishing- Designer and content owner of learning hubs for external stakeholders - Contributor in cross-functional company projects to improve publishing output and streamline publication processes Show less - Triage and peer-review of manuscripts- Building relationships with editorial board members, authors, reviewers, and journal readership; content acquisition for journals- Publishing workshops for researchers- Open Access advocate for the “Projekt DEAL-Wiley” agreement: delivering workshops for Germany-based researchers to promote Wiley OA strategy and transitional agreements- Part of IPG group: support in dealing with questionable and unethical research and publishing conducts- Training of assistant editors on peer review activities and workflow, on content acquisition and publishing workshop- Graduate of the Product Performers Program- Contributing articles for Advanced Science News Show less

  • Senior Manager, Engagement Operations

    Dec 2024 - now

  • Senior Manager, Engagement Operations

    Dec 2024 - now

  • Manager, Editor Experience & Engagement

    Aug 2021 - Dec 2024

  • Deputy Editor

    Apr 2021 - Sept 2021