Publishing Ethics Expert

Publishing Ethics Expert

Are you passionate about research integrity?

Ready to shape ethical publishing? Join our expert team.

Within Elsevier’s Science, Technology and Medical Journal (STMJ) publishing division, we are seeking to appoint an Expert in Publishing Ethics to strengthen our team and support our complex case programme, providing support and advice to Editors and Publishers in handling ethical allegations.

STM Journals publishes more than 2,800 peer-reviewed journals. Elsevier is committed to nurturing and upholding research integrity within our journals and within the wider research community. The role of the Expert in Publishing Ethics is to support this commitment by advising on best practice in handling ethical allegations in all fields of research, conducting investigations when allegations of unethical misconduct is raised, providing input to initiatives which aim to prevent or detect ethical issues, and training internal and external stakeholders on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and Elsevier best practices and policies. The role involves support to editors, while always respecting and upholding the independence of editors’ decision making.

We are seeking a collaborative and analytical colleague, who is meticulous in their fact-checking, has a strong sense of natural justice and has excellent communication skills. Applicants will ideally have a qualification in a STM discipline and at least two years of relevant experience, either in publishing or related organisations, or research integrity within academic institutes.

Responsibilities

Supporting ethics investigations

• Assessment of activities by authors, reviewers, editors, guest editors and others;
• Supporting editors in assessing allegations including plagiarism, duplication, authorship disputes, peer review manipulation, and figure manipulation/duplication;
• Providing editors with comments on potential corrections, editor notes, expressions of concern and retraction notices;
• Liaising with legal and communications experts, as appropriate;
• Managing cases involving multiple journals and networks of stakeholders;
• Communicating precisely and diplomatically with all stakeholders.

Policies and training

• Raising awareness and knowledge levels of ethical policies and procedures;
• Providing education to internal colleagues and to the scientific community, including presenting at editorial board meetings and author webinars;
• Suggesting additions or updates to ethical policies in response to new issues arising;
• Willing to travel to present at physical workshops/relevant conferences, when such travel is safe.

Project management

• Leading on complex case investigations including organising workload distribution among a support team;
• Keeping investigations to schedule, and ensuring author facing communications are handled in a timely manner;
• Preparing reports for senior leaders and external stakeholders in collaboration with data analysts;
• Prioritising work based on team needs;
• Acting as a subject matter expert to provide input for ethics-related projects and product development.

Product expert

• Acting as a product expert for tools that support the detection of publishing ethics issues;
• Supporting the creation of training and ‘tips and tricks’ materials for editors and other users;
• Providing feedback to product managers regarding potential new features or improvements to existing features;
• Creating user accounts and provide training to users on best practice in using detection tools.

Requirements

• Bring relevant experience;
• Hold a degree in an academic discipline;
• Apply knowledge of peer-review, publishing, and COPE best practices;
• Demonstrate excellent communications skills;
• Have experience supporting editors or other senior academics;
• Exhibit a good sense of mature judgement;
• Show solid analytical, organizational and prioritization skills;
• Have the ability to work methodically, problem-solving and fact-checking;
• Have experience in working in a complex, matrix international environment.

An assessment or case study could be part of our selection procedure.

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

• Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive

Working for you

We know that your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Dutch Share Purchase Plan
• Annual Profit Share Bonus
• Comprehensive Pension Plan
• Home, office or commuting allowance
• Generous vacation entitlement and option for sabbatical leave
• Maternity, Paternity, Adoption and Family Care leave
• Flexible working hours
• Personal Choice budget
• Variety of online training courses and career roadshows
• Wellbeing programs and gym facility in the office
• Internal communities and networks
• Various employee discounts
• Recruitment introduction reward
• Work from anywhere
• Employee Assistance Program (global)
• Annual Event

About the Business

A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world’s grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.

About Us

Elsevier is a global information analytics business that helps institutions and professionals advance healthcare, open science and improve performance for the benefit of humanity. We help researchers make new discoveries, collaborate with their colleagues, and give them the knowledge they need to find funding. We help governments and universities evaluate and improve their research strategies. We help doctors save lives, providing insight for physicians to find the right clinical answers, and we support nurses and other healthcare professionals throughout their careers. Elsevier provides digital solutions and tools in the areas of strategic research management, R&D performance, clinical decision support, and professional education; including ScienceDirect, Scopus, SciVal, ClinicalKey and Sherpath. Elsevier publishes over 2,500 digitized journals, including The Lancet and Cell, 38,000 e-book titles and many iconic reference works, including Gray’s Anatomy. Elsevier is part of RELX Group. With a wide range of technology jobs, commercial and business jobs, and graduate jobs, there is a part for everyone to play. We need talented people to help us inspire ground-breaking research.

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