Contractual Life Sciences Copy Editor

Cactus Communications; Karnataka; Remote; INR 300,000 - 420,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work from anywhere in India

Industry insights access

Global exposure

Job summary

Cactus Communications is seeking copyeditors for a work-from-home contractual role in India. You will join a team of editors across fields, ensuring manuscripts meet scientific English standards and journal style guidelines.

The work is remote, flexible, and renewable upon mutual consent, with regular availability to maintain a stable schedule.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Medicine and Life Sciences required.
• Experience editing manuscripts or similar materials.
• Proficiency with MS Word (Track Changes and styling).

Responsibilities

• Copy-edit manuscripts to standard scientific English with clarity and readability.
• Ensure manuscripts conform to journal style, guidelines, and house style.
• Crosscheck references, author affiliations, figures and tables for accuracy.

Skills

Editing experience

MS Word proficiency

Track Changes

AMA style familiarity

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.