Publishing Ethics & Integrity Manager

ACS; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement benefits

Relocation assistance

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Vision insurance

Short- and long-term disability

Work from anywhere (4 weeks)

Job summary

The American Chemical Society is seeking a Publishing Ethics Analyst to join the Publishing Intelligence and Analytics team in Washington, DC. You will manage ethics cases and support editors, reviewers, and staff across a global community.

Hybrid schedule with two onsite days per week; relocation assistance available. The role emphasizes data-driven ethics oversight, documentation, and development of tools to identify and address unethical behavior in the publishing workflow.

Qualifications

• Experience in research or publication ethics preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with neutral tone.
• Strong interpersonal skills and diplomacy with a global community.
• Demonstrated project-management and strategic thinking ability.
• Exceptional attention to detail and analytical judgment.
• Broad scientific literacy across disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Provide ethics case management, delivering clear, neutral guidance to editors and ACS staff.
• Assist with vendor support for ethics case management.
• Learn metadata-driven screening of manuscript submissions and peer-review activity.
• Develop documentation and resources to support editorial teams’ handling of ethics cases.
• Help monitor and develop tools to address unethical behavior within the publishing process.

Skills

Ethics case management

Vendor support

Metadata screening

Documentation

Unethical behavior detection

Peer-review workflows

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Project management

Attention to detail

Analytical judgment

Cross-disciplinary literacy

Job description

The American Chemical Society is seeking a Publishing Ethics Analyst to join the Publishing Intelligence and Analytics team in Washington, DC. You will manage ethics cases and support editors, reviewers, and staff across a global community.

Hybrid schedule with two onsite days per week; relocation assistance available. The role emphasizes data-driven ethics oversight, documentation, and development of tools to identify and address unethical behavior in the publishing workflow.