Peer Review Trainee

JOB TITLE: Peer Review Associate–Peer Review

Job Role :-

1. Check submitted manuscripts in through Track by ensuring that they conform to the submission criteria and are ready for the peer review process.

2. Invite, assign, and assist reviewers who need to complete their reviews through Track.

3. Follow up with editors, associate editors (if applicable), reviewers and authors who have not completed their tasks by the deadline defined in Track.

4. Ensure that authors of accepted manuscripts complete and submit the electronic contributor form through Track.

5. Check accepted manuscripts to ensure that all the necessary components are present and ready for the Production team prior to export. This includes, but is not limited to, checking manuscripts to ensure that author contact information is up to date, all files are in an editable electronic format, permissions for copyrighted material are collected, and references conform to the appropriate style (APA, Chicago, ASA, AMA, CSE, etc.).

6. Export accepted manuscripts from Track to the Production Editor no later than the article deadlines, as defined by the Production Editor.

7. Respond to queries from journal editors, associate editors (if applicable), authors, reviewers, and staff.

8. Maintain the Track email templates and periodically update the email templates to suit the needs of the individual journal.

9. On those of your journals with ‘Editorial Assistant’ support, you will be responsible for the overall peer review health of the journal including troubleshooting on the sites, managing editor relationships (both Journal Editors and Associate Editors where applicable), follow-ups with various constituents, providing guidance to the Editorial Assistant, and be a first point of escalation for the ‘Editorial Assistant’ queries. Filling up and maintaining the Daily Tracker for all tasks that you are working on.

10. E-mail the PRA user performance report each week to the Peer review Supervisor and the US Manager.

11.Periodically run reports out of Track.

12.Ensuring that the overdue task report that the PRS circulates is populated with the comments for your journals each week before the meeting.

13.Troubleshoot to ensure that each Track site is functioning properly.

14.Keep Track sites up-to-date and in line with global initiatives and standards.

15.Work with US and UK staff to implement selected sites that are not already live.