A fast, reliable freelance editor with over 15 years' experience in the UK trade and academic publishing industry. Whether you are an author, publishing house, academic or else, I can help you to ready your content for publication.
overseeing the efficient operation of peer review for the London Review of Education and Research for All for UCL Press, from the point of submission to acceptance/rejection (e.g. tracking manuscripts, monitoring schedules, blinding papers, contacting reviewers, chasing reviewers and editors)
assessing initial submissions to determine suitability for the journals, leading to either rejection without review or assignment of manuscripts to the Editors-in-Chief
acting as the main point of liaison with the Editors-in-Chief, Guest Editors, Associate Editors and contributors on all day-to-day aspects of running the journals, and reporting to the Journals Manager
navigating and operating the online submission system (JAMS) and IT platforms to understand and appraise the manuscripts' workflow
preparing accepted papers for production (e.g. checking that permission for image reproduction has been granted, papers adhere to the journal style, ethics and other declarations have been obtained, and plagiarism is avoided by producing iThenticate reports)
