Overview The Editorial Assistant in Journal Editorial Operations supports the end-to-end peer review and quality assurance process, ensuring productive 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 solid 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

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