Scientific Editor
3 days ago
Manchester
My client are a global publishing organisation who are looking for a number of people to work on an exciting 6-month remote project . If you have a qualification in a Scientific, Technical or Medical ( STM) discipline and at least two years of relevant experience, either in publishing or a related field within an academic institute, please continue reading! • Remote working, • 6 months, • £170.00 PAYE per day plus Holiday Pay, • Beginning Jan 2026 Role description: The role of the Publishing Ethics Analyst is to support large-scale investigations in the published content of scholarly journals. This role involves analysing potential ethical issues, ensuring research integrity, and assisting in maintaining the highest standards of publication ethics. Responsibilities: • Accurate assessment of activities by authors, reviewers, editors, guest editors and others, • Assessing large-scale investigations including plagiarism, duplication, authorship disputes, peer review manipulation, and figure manipulation/duplication, • Keeping investigations to schedule, and ensuring articles assigned are handled in a timely manner, • Prioritising work based on team needs, • Supporting the regular team reporting and tracking work progress Skills: • Degree in an academic discipline, • Knowledge/experience of STM journal peer-review and the publishing process, and COPE best practices, • Ability to work methodically, problem-solving and fact-checking, • Strong analytical, organizational and prioritization skills, • Excellent communications skills