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Job Responsibility

The Peer-Review Assistant is involved in every aspect of the editorial process, such as from screening submissions, to prepare the manuscripts for Peer-Review, to deal with authors, reviewers and Editors for rapid completion of Peer-Review process.

Job duties:

As a Peer-Review Assistant, you need to:

i. Maintain a database of all the active editors and reviewers.
ii. Selecting and contacting the editors for reviewing an article
iii. Checking the quality and Plagiarism for the submitted article.
iv. Updating the authors’ time to time regarding status of the article.
v. Sending the reviewer comments to authors and coordinating responses to review from the authors
vi. Advising the authors regarding process-related queries
vii. Forwarding the revised article to web/finance department for further process
viii. Act as a liaison between authors, editors/reviewers and other departments
ix. Ensure the article publishes on time and adheres to the expected standards and schedule.

Key skills

Proper scheduling of tasks.
Time management skills
Convincing quality
Good writing skills
Good computer knowledge.
Goal achievers & positive thinkers
Interpersonal skills

Experience

Experienced in similar job roles are desirable however fresh graduates and post-graduates are also welcome.

Qualifications

The candidate should be graduate or post-graduates in any discipline of science and allied subject areas

Salary and benefits:

i. Starting salaries are likely to be in the range of 10,000 INR to 16,000 INR.
ii. For experienced and skilled candidates, the salary is never a constraint and on par with the industry standards.
iii. The employees are also benefitted with PF/ESI/Health Insurance and other benefits depending on their eligibility