Scientific Editor - REMOTE

Love Success; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Publishing Ethics Analyst for a 6-month remote project. The ideal candidate should have a degree in an academic discipline and at least two years of relevant experience in publishing. Responsibilities include assessing potential ethical issues in scholarly journals, evaluating investigations, and ensuring research integrity. Strong analytical and organizational skills are essential for success in this role, as well as effective communication abilities.

Benefits

Holiday Pay

Qualifications

• Knowledge of STM journal peer-review and the publishing process.
• Experience with COPE best practices.
• Strong problem-solving and fact-checking abilities.

Responsibilities

• Assess activities by authors, reviewers, and editors.
• Evaluate investigations for plagiarism and authorship disputes.
• Maintain investigation timelines and progress reporting.

Skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Education

Degree in an academic discipline

Job description

Overview

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

6 months

£.00 PAYE per day plus Holiday Pay

Strat Date 23rd June

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

Qualifications

• 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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