Editorial Assistant

Responsible for overseeing all aspects of peer review coordination from submission to transmittal for research articles (Direct Submission and Brief Reports) 

Complete quality control checks for incoming research articles 

Correspond with authors, editors, and reviewers about needed items, deadline extensions, pending submissions, and status inquiries

Notify authors of manuscript decisions 

Screen revisions for plagiarism and escalate to editorial ethics manager as needed 

Monitor updates to the online submission systems and ensure requisite changes are made to the Information for Authors

Merge or update reviewer records with current information to maintain an up-to-date database/reviewer pool 

Transmits manuscripts to production vendor 

Act as the point of contact for production queries rec...