# Peer Review Associate

**Company:** Sage
**Location:** Dehradun, India
**Remote Status:** Hybrid
**Employment Type:** Full-time
**Employment Level:** Mid Level

### Job Purpose

The Peer Review Associate is responsible for managing and coordinating the end-to-end peer review process for assigned journals through Sage Track (STS), ensuring efficient manuscript handling, stakeholder communication, quality compliance, and timely progression of submissions from initial receipt through production.

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## Key Responsibilities

### Peer Review Management

- Review newly submitted manuscripts to ensure they meet journal submission guidelines and are ready for peer review.

- Manage manuscript workflows within Sage Track (STS), ensuring timely processing at each stage of the peer review cycle.

- Invite, assign, and support reviewers throughout the review process.

- Follow up with editors, associate editors, reviewers, and authors to ensure completion of pending tasks within defined deadlines.

- Monitor manuscript progress and proactively address workflow bottlenecks.

- Ensure accepted manuscripts contain all required documentation and files before transferring them to production.

### Production Readiness & Quality Control

- Verify that accepted manuscripts include all necessary components, including:

- Ensure authors complete and submit electronic contributor agreements through STS.

- Export accepted manuscripts to the Production team within established deadlines.

- Maintain data accuracy and compliance throughout the manuscript lifecycle.

### Stakeholder Management

- Serve as the primary point of contact for journal editors, associate editors, authors, reviewers, and internal Sage teams.

- Respond to queries and requests professionally and within agreed service levels.

- Build and maintain strong working relationships with journal stakeholders.

- Act as a liaison between journal editorial teams and Sage, communicating updates, progress, and process-related information.

### System Administration & Reporting

- Maintain and update Sage Track email templates in line with journal requirements.

- Troubleshoot workflow and system-related issues within Sage Track.

- Ensure assigned journal sites remain aligned with global standards and operational best practices.

- Generate and analyze reports from Sage Track to support operational performance.

- Maintain daily productivity trackers and provide regular performance reports to management.

- Complete weekly overdue task reporting and journal status updates.

### Team Support & Collaboration

- Provide guidance and support to Editorial Assistants where applicable.

- Act as the first point of escalation for peer review process-related queries.

- Participate in departmental projects, process improvement initiatives, and special assignments.

- Contribute ideas and feedback to enhance operational efficiency and journal performance.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve departmental objectives.

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## Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

- Timely processing of manuscript submissions.

- Reviewer invitation and completion rates.

- Journal turnaround times.

- SLA adherence for stakeholder communication.

- Quality and accuracy of manuscript checks.

- Productivity targets as defined in the annual workforce allocation plan.

- Compliance with journal and publishing standards.

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## Required Skills & Competencies

- Strong written and verbal communication skills.

- Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building abilities.

- Strong attention to detail and quality orientation.

- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

- Analytical and problem-solving skills.

- Strong organizational and time-management capabilities.

- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).

- Experience working with manuscript management systems is preferred.

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## Qualifications & Experience

- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Life Sciences, Publishing, Communications, or a related field.

- Experience in scholarly publishing, journal operations, content management, editorial support, or peer review processes is preferred.

- Working knowledge of manuscript tracking systems (e.g., Sage Track, ScholarOne, Editorial Manager) is an advantage.

- Familiarity with academic publishing standards and citation styles is desirable.

### Preferred Candidate Profile

- Strong customer-service mindset with excellent stakeholder engagement skills.

- Ability to work independently while managing multiple journals and priorities.

- High degree of professionalism, accountability, and attention to detail.

- Comfortable working in a deadline-driven, process-oriented environment.

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