JOB PURPOSE : OVERVIEW 1. This position requires the
candidate to hold a postgraduate qualification in medicine and/or
life sciences. 2. You will report directly to the Managing Editor
and/or anyone else designated by him/her. 3. You will regularly
correspond, as advised, with all concerned staff in the Sage UK/US
office to report in a prescribed reporting format on a daily or
weekly basis via email, telephone or video conference. 4. You will
manage various tasks as assigned to you, from time to time, in the
peer review process of manuscripts in the journals, from submission
through export to Sage Production using ScholarOne or any online
peer review management system. 5. You will maintain high quality
communication and excellent relationships with fellow journal
editors, authors, reviewers, and other Sage staff. KEY
ACCOUNTABILITIES - ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Scope of work includes, but are not limited to, the following: 1.
Uphold ethical and quality standards by following the relevant
manuscript submission guidelines (MSGs), Committee on Publication




Ethics (COPE) and Equator Network guidelines, where applicable and
appropriate. 2. Ensure that all submitted manuscript files are in
proper order. 3. Conduct preliminary evaluations of manuscripts and
recommend and process further action in terms of whether the
manuscript needs to be unsubmitted (request authors for
clarification) or can proceed for peer-review. 4. Select and invite
suitable peer-reviewers for individual manuscripts until at least
the manuscript receives sufficient positive enough reviews (usually 2)
in order to recommend/make a decision. Reviewer suitability is to
be assessed by considering all potential conflict(s) of
interest(s). 5. Request assistance, when appropriate, to ensure
that manuscripts are processed through the peer-review management
system adhering to the workflow timelines. 6. Evaluate the
peer-review reports received and make recommendations and not
decisions on manusc

📌 Assistant Editor (New Delhi)
🏢 Sage
📍 New Delhi