# Scientific Journal Manager

> SSC HR Solutions · Cairo, Egypt · Full-time · Posted 2026-02-15

**Workplace:** on_site

**Department:** Operations

## Description

Job Purpose:

To oversee and develop the university’s scientific journals, ensuring compliance with international academic publishing standards, enhancing journal ranking and indexing, and managing editorial and administrative operations efficiently.

Duties & Responsibilities

-   Develop and implement a strategic plan to enhance the quality, visibility, and indexing of the university’s scientific journals.
-   Supervise Editors-in-Chief and Editorial Board members to ensure compliance with academic policies and publishing ethics.
-   Oversee manuscript submission, peer-review, and publication processes according to recognized international standards.
-   Ensure adherence to publishing and indexing requirements (e.g., Scopus, Web of Science, DOAJ, Crossref, COPE, etc., where applicable).
-   Manage relationships with reviewers, researchers, and authors locally and internationally.
-   Prepare periodic performance reports for university leadership, including publication metrics and acceptance rates.
-   Supervise journal management systems (e.g., OJS) and ensure proper technical and operational functionality.
-   Develop and update editorial and peer-review policies in line with international best practices.
-   Propose marketing and outreach strategies to increase journal visibility and citation rates.
-   Manage the allocated budget for journal operations and control related expenditures.

## Requirements

**Qualifications and Experience:**

-   Master’s degree or higher in a relevant academic field.
-   **Minimum of 3 years of academic experience in higher education or research institutions.**
-   **Proven experience in managing or serving on the editorial board of scientific journals.**
-   **Strong knowledge of academic publishing standards, ethics, plagiarism policies, DOI systems, and indexing requirement**s.
-   Experience with journal management systems such as OJS.
-   Demonstrated administrative and leadership experience. •
-   Proficiency in English (written and spoken).

**Required Skills and Competencies**:

-   Leadership and team management.
-   Strong analytical and decision-making skills
-   Strategic planning and project management.
-   Excellent academic communication skills.
-   Ability to meet deadlines and manage multiple priorities.
-   Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
-   Timely publication of journal issues.
-   Increase in citation rates and journal impact.
-   Successful inclusion in recognized indexing databases.
-   Efficiency of peer-review turnaround time.
-   Author and reviewer satisfaction levels

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