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 valuable 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