Editorial Reviewer: Plant and Animal Science (Work-from-home)

We’re currently looking for Reviewers to join our Plant and Animal Science team on a work-from-home basis. This would be a contractual agreement, and renewable upon mutual consent. Work will be available regularly so that you can maintain a predictable schedule.

Job Responsibilities

  • Perform quality assurance checks on edited manuscripts to ensure that they meet the standards of international publications
  • Provide timely feedback to our editors
  • Manage deadlines and ensure high quality standards

Qualifications and Prerequisites

  • A Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD degree in one or more specialized subject areas listed below
  • Excellent written English skills and attention to detail
  • Familiarity with MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Specialized subject areas

Animal biochemistry | Plant biochemistry | Agricultural science | Animal nutrition | Animal husbandry | Animal breeding | Applied ecology | Aquaculture | Conservation biology | Ecotoxicology | Farming | Fishery sciences | Forestry | Hydrobiology | Irrigation | Marine botany | Zoology | Botany | Marine ecology | Plant genetics | Vertebrates | Wildlife conservation | Soil science | Ecology | Marine Biology

Benefits of this Role

  • Flexibility. You can work from anywhere in the world.
  • You will have unlimited access to exclusive interviews with industry experts, articles on the latest industry trends, and publication and writing tips on our internal discussion platform.
  • You will be exposed to research carried out worldwide and will get an insider’s view of the burgeoning, multi-million-dollar publishing industry.

About CACTUS

Established in 2002, Cactus Communications is a leading technology company that specializes in expert services and AI-driven products which improve how research gets funded, published, communicated, and discovered. Its flagship brand Editage offers a comprehensive suite of researcher solutions, including expert services and cutting-edge AI products like Mind the Graph, Paperpal, and R Discovery. With offices in Princeton, London, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai, Seoul, Tokyo, and Mumbai and a global workforce of over 3,000 experts, CACTUS is a pioneer in workplace best practices and has been consistently recognized as a great place to work.

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