Springer Nature Assistant Editor Job For Life Sciences Candidates – Apply Online
Assistant Editor
Location: Pune
Job Type: Full-time
Posted on: Posted 2 Days Ago
Time Left to Apply: End Date: November 29, 2024 (3 days left to apply)
Job Requisition ID: JR101429
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Job Title: Assistant Editor
Location(s): Pune (Kharadi)
About the Role
Assistant Editors play an important role in the manuscript ‘submission to acceptance’ process, overseeing tasks such as conducting suitability checks, finding and assigning EBMs, and managing communication with editors, reviewers, and authors. They facilitate decision-making, resolve author queries, and ensure manuscripts progress smoothly through the publishing pipeline. They monitor the overall health of the journal by reviewing its performance, identifying challenges, and proposing solutions. Essentially, they act as catalysts in the peer review process, ensuring high-quality manuscripts are delivered to EBMs and peer reviews are conducted efficiently within set timelines.
Role Responsibilities:
- Perform enhanced Quality Checks (Suitability Assessment) on manuscripts to ensure they meet requirements to proceed to editor assignment/peer review.
- Manage Journal pipeline by processing manuscripts from ‘Ready for editorial’ through to final decision.
- Invite EBMs to handle the manuscript or assign manuscripts to an appropriate handling editor.
- Support Editors throughout the process, creating excellent working relationships with them.
- Collaborate and build rapport with Journal editorial staff for continuous improvement/updates and new initiatives in the process.
- Handle email correspondence between various parties involved in the publication process (Authors, Reviewers, Editors, Guest editors, Readers, etc.).
- Assess the decision recommendation of Handling Editors and send the final decision to authors.
- Monitor progress throughout the review process and provide help/support to reach final decision.
- Mentor and support new team members.
- Provide inputs on improving the process to reduce TAT and manage pipeline at various stages of the editorial process.
Key Relationships:
- Authors, EBMs, and Peer Reviewers
- Journal Editors/Editorial Quality Team
- Journal Editorial Office
- External Partners (Vendors)
Experience, Skills & Qualifications:
Experience: 2 years of experience
Skills:
- Good Communication Skills (written and verbal English)
- Email etiquette
- Subject matter expertise (STEM) – Medicine/Life/Physical Science
- Strong analytical and logical reasoning ability
- Customer service and business communication experience
- Experience in Manuscript handling will be an added advantage
Qualifications:
- Master’s degree or equivalent in – Medicine/Life Sciences/ Physics/ Chemistry/ Microbiology/ Biotechnology
Job Posting End Date: 29-11-2024
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