Assistant Managing Editor

**About our Team**:
We are the Editorial Management team for Medical and Life Sciences Gold Open Access Journals at Sage India—a collaborative, agile, and mission-driven group of publishing professionals. We manage a diverse portfolio of journals, ensuring operational excellence and editorial integrity. Our work spans across Sage’s global offices in India, the UK, and the US, and we are proud to support editors, authors, and reviewers in delivering impactful research to the world.

**_ What is our team’s key role in the business?_**

We are the engine behind the publishing lifecycle and maintain the quality and visibility of established titles. Our team ensures that each journal meets rigorous editorial standards, adheres to peer-review best practices, and remains competitive in the global academic landscape.

By closely tracking journal performance and supporting editorial boards, we directly contribute to enhancing scholarly impact, expanding readership, and achieving business growth targets.

We work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless journal operations and strategic growth.

**Could You Be Our Assistant Managing Editor?**

Are you a detail-oriented publishing professional with a passion for academic excellence? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and enjoy working with global stakeholders? If so, you might be the perfect fit for our team.

**Top Qualities We’re Looking For**

We’re seeking someone who is:

- ** Organized and proactive**, with the ability to manage multiple journals independently.
- **A strong communicator**, comfortable engaging with editors, authors, and internal teams.
- **Analytically inclined**, with a knack for interpreting performance data and identifying trends.
- **Adaptable and collaborative**, able to work across time zones and departments.
- **Committed to quality**, with a deep understanding of peer review and editorial workflows.

**Preferred (but not essential)**:

- Familiarity with peer review management systems like ScholarOne or Editorial Manager.
- Exposure to publishing contracts and business models.

**Your New Role**

As an Assistant Managing Editor, you will be responsible for the day-to-day management of a select group of journals. You will serve as the primary liaison for editors and authors, ensuring the highest standards.

You will support the editorial development of your journals by:

- Monitoring journal performance and timelines.
- Supporting indexing and abstracting efforts.
- Collaborating with marketing on journal promotions.
- Preparing reports and insights to inform editorial strategy.

This is an individual contributor role, ideal for someone looking to deepen their expertise in open access publishing while contributing meaningfully to the growth of Sage’s journal portfolio.

**OVERVIEW**

2. You will report directly to the Managing Editor and/or anyone else designated by him/her.

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**:
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 good 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 manuscripts based on peer-review reports and editorial review (accept, minor revise, major revise, reject). However, looking at the caliber demonstrate we provide training to make such decisions on manuscripts.

7. Maintain positive work relationships and high-quality and prompt (usually within 24 hours except weekends and holidays) communication with fellow journal editors, authors, reviewers, and Sage staff worldwide.

8. Respond to journal mailbox queries, when assigned, from journal editors, authors, reviewers, and Sage staff.

9. Perform the assigned work with little-to-no supervision from the Ma