Scientific Editor - REMOTE

Lovesuccess; City Of London; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A global publishing organization is seeking a Publishing Ethics Analyst for a 6-month remote project. The role involves supporting investigations in scholarly journals, ensuring research integrity, and maintaining publication ethics standards. Ideal candidates will have a degree in an academic discipline and experience in the STM publishing process. Strong analytical and communication skills are essential for success.

Benefits

Holiday pay

Qualifications

• Degree in an academic discipline.
• Strong analytical, organizational and prioritization skills.
• Knowledge of COPE best practices.

Responsibilities

• Accurate assessment of activities by authors and reviewers.
• Assessing large-scale investigations including plagiarism.
• Prioritizing work based on team needs.

Skills

Knowledge/experience of STM journal peer-review

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Strong communication skills

Education

Degree in an academic discipline

Job description

My client are a global publishing organisation who are looking for a number of people to work on an exciting 6-month remote project.

If you have a qualification in a STM discipline and at least two years of relevant experience, either in publishing or a related field within an academic institute, please continue reading!

Remote, 4 months, £170.00 PAYE per day plus Holiday Pay, Start Date - MID OCTOBER

Role description: The role of the Publishing Ethics Analyst is to support large-scale investigations in the published content of scholarly journals. This role involves analysing potential ethical issues, ensuring research integrity, and assisting in maintaining the highest standards of publication ethics.

Responsibilities:

• Accurate assessment of activities by authors, reviewers, editors, guest editors and others
• Assessing large-scale investigations including plagiarism, duplication, authorship disputes, peer review manipulation, and figure manipulation/duplication
• Keeping investigations to schedule, and ensuring articles assigned are handled in a timely manner
• Prioritising work based on team needs
• Supporting the regular team reporting and tracking work progress

Skills:

• Degree in an academic discipline
• Knowledge/experience of STM journal peer-review and the publishing process, and COPE best practices
• Ability to work methodically, problem-solving and fact-checking
• Strong analytical, organizational and prioritization skills
• Excellent communications skills

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