WE ARE HIRING: Commissioning Editor – National & International Journals
Are you passionate about academic research, scholarly publishing, and building professional relationships with researchers worldwide?
STM Journals, an imprint of Consortium eLearning Network Pvt. Ltd., is seeking a proactive, research-oriented, and result-driven Commissioning Editor to manage national and international academic journals, acquire quality research content, develop editorial networks, and coordinate the complete publication workflow.
Role Overview
Organization: STM Journals – Consortium eLearning Network Pvt. Ltd.
Department: Editorial and Journal Publishing
Location: Sector 63, Noida, India
Work Mode: Work from Office
Employment Type: Full-time
Experience Required: 1–4 years
Salary: ₹30,000–₹60,000 per month
Key Responsibilities
Journal and Portfolio Management
- Independently manage assigned medical, scientific, technical, engineering, pharmaceutical, life-science, and other academic journals.
- Understand each journal’s aims, scope, subject coverage, publication schedule, and target research community.
- Maintain a consistent manuscript pipeline for national and international journals.
- Monitor manuscript progress and support the timely publication of regular journal issues.
- Align journal-development activities with publication-quality standards and organizational objectives.
National and International Content Acquisition
- Conduct independent research to identify suitable authors, researchers, professors, scientists, clinicians, engineers, and academicians from India and overseas.
- Commission original research articles, review papers, case studies, short communications, and technical papers.
- Invite researchers to submit manuscripts relevant to the scope and subject area of assigned journals.
- Build professional relationships with universities, hospitals, laboratories, research institutions, and academic associations.
- Maintain regular communication and follow-up with prospective national and international authors.
- Ensure that no author is guaranteed acceptance or publication without proper editorial evaluation and peer review.
Editorial Board and Reviewer Development
- Identify, evaluate, and invite qualified national and international academicians to serve as:
- Editors-in-Chief
- Associate Editors
- Editorial Board Members
- Peer Reviewers
- Advisory Board Members
- Verify the qualifications, institutional affiliations, publication records, and subject expertise of prospective editorial members.
- Develop strong academic networks across India, Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region.
- Maintain continuous professional communication with editors, reviewers, and academic stakeholders.
Manuscript Evaluation
- Conduct the initial evaluation of submitted manuscripts for:
- Relevance to journal scope
- Subject suitability
- Completeness
- Originality
- Formatting compliance
- Language quality
- Required author documentation
- Verify that manuscripts meet basic submission and ethical requirements before initiating peer review.
- Identify incomplete, unsuitable, duplicate, or potentially unethical submissions and escalate them appropriately.
Peer-Review and Editorial Coordination
- Submit suitable manuscripts to the appropriate editorial and peer-review workflow.
- Identify and assign qualified reviewers based on manuscript subject and technical expertise.
- Coordinate communication among authors, reviewers, editors, and internal publication teams.
- Follow up on pending reviews, reviewer recommendations, author revisions, and editorial decisions.
- Communicate revision, rejection, or acceptance decisions professionally to authors.
- Maintain confidentiality of manuscripts, reviewer identities, and editorial decisions.
- Monitor peer-review timelines and resolve delays through regular follow-up.
Author Coordination
- Guide national and international authors regarding manuscript preparation, submission requirements, formatting, declarations, and publication procedures.
- Respond to author queries regarding manuscript status, review progress, revisions, documentation, and publication timelines.
- Coordinate plagiarism checks, reviewer comments, revised submissions, and final manuscript approval.
- Obtain copyright-transfer forms, author declarations, conflict-of-interest statements, and other required documents.
- Maintain professional communication across different countries, cultures, and time zones.
Acceptance and Publication Coordination
- Coordinate final editorial decisions after the completion of the peer-review process.
- Communicate acceptance requirements and pending documentation to authors.
- Coordinate with copyediting, proofreading, quality-control, production, and publication teams.
- Track accepted manuscripts until final online or issue publication.
- Review publication records and ensure that approved corrections are incorporated.
- Share proofs, publication updates, article links, issue details, and relevant documentation with authors.
Academic Research and Database Management
- Use academic platforms such as Google Scholar, ORCID, PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, LinkedIn, and institutional websites to identify researchers.
- Create and maintain verified databases of national and international authors, reviewers, editors, institutions, societies, and research groups.
- Record invitations, responses, submissions, reviews, revisions, acceptances, and publication status.
- Remove duplicate, irrelevant, outdated, or unverified records.
- Maintain accurate journal-wise dashboards, trackers, and academic-outreach reports.
Publication Ethics and Quality Assurance
- Follow applicable peer-review policies, anti-plagiarism procedures, research-integrity standards, and international publication-ethics guidelines.
- Identify possible plagiarism, duplicate submissions, authorship concerns, conflicts of interest, fabricated information, or unethical publication practices.
- Escalate suspected research or publication misconduct to senior editorial management.
- Ensure that editorial decisions remain independent, evidence-based, and quality-focused.
- Maintain transparent, respectful, and confidential communication with all stakeholders.
Reporting and Performance Management
- Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly reports on:
- Researchers identified
- Author invitations sent
- Responses received
- Manuscripts acquired
- Reviewers and editors onboarded
- Reviews completed
- Papers accepted
- Papers published
- Monitor the manuscript pipeline and overall performance of assigned journals.
- Achieve assigned objectives related to content acquisition, editorial-board development, peer-review completion, and timely publication.
- Identify journal-development challenges and recommend corrective actions.
- Escalate delayed reviews, author concerns, ethical issues, and publication risks to the reporting manager.
Required Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Science, Engineering, Technology, Biotechnology, Pharmacy, Medical Sciences, Life Sciences, Management, or a related discipline.
- Candidates with an M.Sc., M.Tech., M.Pharm., MBA, Ph.D., or equivalent qualification will be preferred.
- Strong understanding of academic research and scholarly communication.
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
Required Skills and Competencies
- National and international content commissioning
- Academic journal and manuscript management
- Author identification and acquisition
- Editorial board and reviewer recruitment
- Initial manuscript evaluation
- Peer-review workflow coordination
- Author, editor, and reviewer communication
- Scientific and technical literature research
- Academic database development
- Publication ethics and plagiarism control
- MS Excel, Word, email, and manuscript-tracking tools
- Relationship and stakeholder management
- Attention to detail and publication accuracy
- Target-oriented and deadline-driven working ability
Preferred Candidate Profile
- 1–4 years of experience in journal publishing, academic publishing, scientific editorial operations, or research outreach.
- Experience in independently managing academic journals or subject-specific publication portfolios.
- Familiarity with manuscript-submission and peer-review management systems.
- Experience in author acquisition, reviewer onboarding, and editorial-board development.
- Ability to understand research papers from assigned subject areas.
- Confidence in communicating with professors, researchers, scientists, clinicians, and institutional representatives from India and overseas.
- Ability to manage multiple journals, manuscripts, stakeholders, and deadlines simultaneously.
- Immediate joiners or candidates with a notice period of up to 15 days will be preferred.
What We Offer
- Exposure to national and international scholarly publishing.
- Interaction with researchers, professors, scientists, and academic institutions worldwide
- Experience in journal management, content commissioning, peer review, and publication coordination
- Professional learning and structured career-development opportunities
- A collaborative, performance-oriented, and research-focused work environment
How to Apply
Interested candidates may send their updated CV to [email protected] with the subject line:
Pay: ₹30,000.00 - ₹60,000.00 per month
Benefits:
- Cell phone reimbursement
- Provident Fund
Work Location: In person
