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Nisha Yadav

Editorial Section Manager
Wellington, Coonoor

Summary

Results-driven Editorial Section Manager with over 7 years of progressive experience in academic publishing, peer review management, and publication ethics. Proven track record in managing editorial workflows, resolving ethical concerns, and fostering strong collaboration with authors, editors, and reviewers. Eager to leverage deep expertise in research integrity and editorial ethics in the role of Publishing Ethics Screening Analyst.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
1
1
Language

Work History

Editorial Section Manager

ELSEVIER
09.2022 - Current
  • Manage and oversee the end-to-end peer review process for assigned sections, ensuring adherence to ethical publishing standards.
  • Investigate and address ethical concerns, including plagiarism, data fabrication, duplicate submissions, and authorship disputes.
  • Evaluate and manage conflict-of-interest disclosures between authors and reviewers to maintain transparency and trust in the review process.
  • Review editors' decisions for fairness, and compliance with editorial and ethical guidelines.
  • Provide support to editors, authors, and reviewers on process-related and ethical queries via email communication.
  • Monitor and assess the performance of Associate Editors and Advisory Board Members, ensuring timely editorial handling.
  • Screen submissions and reviews for citation manipulation and self-citations, escalating cases as appropriate.


Sr. Editorial Assistant

Lumina Datamatics
01.2019 - 09.2022
  • Company Overview: Scientific Journal Development and Management.
  • Manage and supervise a team of 10 personnel during the day-to-day operations and training exercises.
  • Successfully distribute work evenly among teams to achieve maximum time management, and to ensure the success of the objective at hand.
  • Organize monthly meetings with four other senior team leaders to ensure all monthly reports are accurate and precise.
  • Provide daily direction and communication to employees so that customer service calls are answered in a timely, efficient, and knowledgeable manner.
  • Report any problems or faults in the project to the supervisor, and offer solutions to the top management regarding project-related queries.
  • Ensure employees have appropriate training, and other resources, to perform their jobs.
  • Respond to and resolve the issues expressed by team members.
  • Review team members' performance for quality, timeliness, and consistency.
  • Accountable for the overall responsibility of scientific or medical journal development and management in accordance with the protocol/ Guidelines and Publication ethics.
  • Responsible for the complete editorial process, proof formatting, and revenue generation.
  • Manage the peer review process to assist the Editor in meeting set commissioning targets.
  • Deliver editorial services (pre-acceptance) to Editors, Authors and Reviewers according to the service level set per journal for society and special journals.
  • Provide written and verbal reports/feedback on journal performance.
  • Suggest and implement means of improvement in the peer-review process.

Project Coordinator

Jagat Industries
04.2017 - 06.2018
  • Company Overview: Administering and executing projects.
  • Coordinate 3+ projects to improve processes and workflow operations, while ensuring compliance with company requirements.
  • Organize virtual meetings and webinars with the clients.
  • Improved department productivity and functionality by facilitating training for team members learning to use the new workflow.
  • Executed project operations by confirming resource availability, and submitting project deliverables.
  • Planned, established, and communicated project deliverables to meet deadlines, and maintain the project schedule.

Preschool Teacher

Mata Vidya Devi Public School
03.2012 - 12.2014
  • Company Overview: Child development Tracking and Staff Coordination
  • Conducted performance reviews on 5+ assistant teachers to improve their teaching methods.
  • Collaborated with 10 staff members on a daily basis to implement a high-quality learning environment.
  • Documented student development, behaviour, and physical well-being to design workable lesson plans and curricula.
  • Implemented simplified lesson plans to meet the physical, emotional, and social needs of children.
  • Introduced innovative methods in Kindergarten students to inculcate hygiene habits.

Education

Masters - Political Science

Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)
06.2018

Masters - Business Administration

Sikkim Manipal University (SMU)
04.2015

Diploma - Education

Madhya Pradesh University
07.2011

Bachelors of Arts -

University of Delhi
12.2009

Skills

  • Adaptability
  • Performance Evaluation
  • Ability to work well under pressure
  • Peer Review Management
  • Continuous improvement
  • Team management
  • Time management

Certification

Central Eligibility Test Paper I and Paper II

Timeline

Editorial Section Manager

ELSEVIER
09.2022 - Current

Sr. Editorial Assistant

Lumina Datamatics
01.2019 - 09.2022

Project Coordinator

Jagat Industries
04.2017 - 06.2018

Preschool Teacher

Mata Vidya Devi Public School
03.2012 - 12.2014

Diploma - Education

Madhya Pradesh University

Masters - Political Science

Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)

Masters - Business Administration

Sikkim Manipal University (SMU)

Bachelors of Arts -

University of Delhi
Nisha YadavEditorial Section Manager