Walkin Drive- Associate Subject Matter Expert

Macmillan Publishers India Pvt Ltd.; Dehradun; Presencial; INR 250.000 - 450.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Macmillan Publishers India Pvt Ltd. is seeking an Editorial Assistant in Journal Editorial Operations to support end-to-end peer review and quality assurance, ensuring manuscripts move smoothly from submission to production.

The role requires coordinating with authors, editors, reviewers, and internal teams while adhering to journal guidelines and turnaround times, with familiarity in ScholarOne, Editorial Manager, and ReX.

Formación

• Experience with journal submission systems (ScholarOne, Editorial Manager, ReX).
• Strong coordination with authors, editors, reviewers, and internal teams.

Responsabilidades

• Manage manuscripts through submission, review, revision, and final decision.
• Perform initial quality checks (formatting, completeness, ethics, COI, plagiarism).
• Assign Associate Editors based on journal scope and guidelines.
• Monitor peer review progress and send reminders to reviewers and editors.
• Handle revisions, resubmissions, and manuscript transfers.
• Ensure compliance with journal workflows and policies.
• Maintain manuscript records, trackers, and databases.
• Prepare reports on status, turnaround time, and performance metrics.
• Support special issues, invited submissions, and editorial projects.
• Transfer accepted manuscripts to production with documentation.

Descripción del empleo

Overview

The Editorial Assistant in Journal Editorial Operations supports the end-to-end peer review

and quality assurance process, ensuring efficient manuscript handling from submission

through editorial decision and production handoff.

This role combines responsibilities across manuscript management (JEO), image

integrity screening, and reviewer selection, playing a critical role in maintaining the

quality, integrity, and timeliness of scholarly publishing workflows.

The position requires strong coordination with authors, editors, reviewers, and internal

teams while adhering to journal guidelines, ethical standards, and turnaround time (TAT)

expectations within peer review systems such as ScholarOne, Editorial Manager, and ReX.

Key Responsibilities

Manuscript & Editorial Management (JEO)

• Manage manuscripts throughout the full lifecycle: submission, review, revision, and

final decision

• Perform initial quality checks (formatting, completeness, ethics, COI, plagiarism

flags)

• Assign Associate Editors based on journal scope and guidelines
• Monitor peer review progress and send reminders to reviewers and editors
• Handle revisions, resubmissions, and manuscript transfers
• Ensure compliance with journal workflows and policies
• Maintain accurate manuscript records, trackers, and databases
• Prepare reports on manuscript status, turnaround time, and performance metrics
• Support special issues, invited submissions, and editorial projects
• Transfer accepted manuscripts to production with complete documentation