Contractual Copyeditor - Medicine and Life Sciences

Cactus Communications; Kolkata District; Remote; INR 250,000 - 450,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Work-from-anywhere

Flexible schedule

Contract renewal

Job summary

Cactus Communications is seeking Copyeditors for a work-from-home contract role in India. You will join a team of editors across disciplines, providing regular work with a renewable agreement and a predictable schedule.

Responsibilities include editing manuscripts to scientific English standards, adhering to journal style guides, and verifying metadata. The role offers remote work from anywhere in India and requires a minimum bachelor’s in Medicine and Life Sciences.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Medicine and Life Sciences is required.
• Experience in editing in any form.
• Proficiency in MS Word, especially Track Changes and styling options.
• Familiarity with AMA style guide is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Copy-edit manuscripts to ensure standard scientific English, preserving meaning and improving readability.
• Ensure manuscripts conform to journal guidelines, including structure, formatting, and references.
• Crosscheck metadata such as references, author affiliations, and figure/table callouts.

Skills

Copyediting

Editing standards

AMA style

MS Word proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Medicine and Life Sciences

Tools

MS Word

Job description

Are you looking for a stable work opportunity that does not require you to travel? At Cactus Communications, you can work among several highly skilled copyeditors who are experts in various academic fields. We're currently looking for Copyeditors on a work-from-home basis. This would be a contractual agreement, and renewable upon mutual consent. Work will be available regularly so that you can maintain a predictable schedule.

Job responsibilities

• Copy-edit manuscripts such that the final text is in standard scientific English: Edit academic and scientific manuscripts for grammar, punctuation, clarity, conciseness, logical flow, and overall readability, while preserving the author's intended meaning. Ensure that the language is appropriate for a global academic audience and meets the conventions of formal scientific writing.
• Make changes to ensure that the manuscript conforms to the journal's style requirements: Apply specific journal guidelines related to structure, formatting, referencing style, abbreviations, units of measure, and other stylistic conventions. Adapt manuscripts to match house style guides or individual journal requirements, ensuring consistency throughout the text, tables, figures, and supplementary materials.
• Crosscheck document metadata such as references using software tools: Review and verify key metadata elements such as in-text citations, reference lists, author affiliations, figure/table callouts, and other bibliographic details.

Qualifications and prerequisites

• A degree (min. bachelor's) in Medicine and Life Sciences
• Experience in editing in any form
• Proficiency in using MS Word, specifically, Track Changes and styling options
• Familiarity with the AMA style guide (preferred)

Benefits of this Role

• Work-from-anywhere flexibility: Enjoy the freedom to work remotely from any location within India.
• Access to industry insights: Get unlimited access to exclusive interviews with subject-matter experts, resources on emerging trends, and practical tips on academic writing and publishing through our internal platform.
• Global exposure: Gain insights into cutting-edge research from across the world and develop a deeper understanding of the fast-growing, multi-million-dollar scholarly publishing industry.