About the team:
SSRN is Elsevier’s preprint server, working alongside more than 1,200 Elsevier journals to offer authors the option to preprint their research.
The platform is experiencing rapid growth, particularly in de novo submissions. With this growth comes increasing challenges around research integrity, including AI-generated content, fake submissions, predatory practices, and papermill activity. The team is focused on maintaining high-quality standards, safeguarding the integrity of scholarly content, and supporting responsible growth across disciplines.
About the Role:
This is a great opportunity to take ownership of research integrity at SSRN during a period of strong growth. You’ll play a key role in identifying and tackling challenges such as low-quality, fake, or AI-generated submissions, while helping improve processes and policies. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams and external stakeholders, contributing to both content quality and strategic initiatives, including community engagement and projects in areas like Environmental Science.
Responsibilities:
Monitor submission trends and identify low-quality or problematic content
Detect and act on suspicious activity (e.g., fake submissions, fraudulent behavior)
Contribute to strengthening research integrity policies and processes
Partner with cross-functional teams (Product, Tech, Research Integrity) to improve workflows and screening
Provide clear reporting and insights to support decision-making
Act as a point of contact for internal and external research integrity queries
Support strategic initiatives such as advisory boards, community engagement, and calls for papers
Collaborate with global teams and represent SSRN in wider research integrity discussions
Act as an external face for research integrity policies including conference and workshop attendance
Requirements
Experience is research integrity within academic publishing is required.
Understanding of peer review, publishing workflows, or ethical guidelines (e.g., COPE)
Strong analytical mindset with attention to detail
Excellent organisation and stakeholder management skills
Confident communicator with the ability to engage both internal and external audiences
Proactive, self-starter who can work independently and collaboratively
Comfortable working in a fast-paced, matrix environment
Interest in research integrity, content quality, and emerging challenges (e.g., AI in publishing)
Working with us
We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to help you succeed. Here, you will find an inclusive, agile, collaborative, innovative and fun environment, where everyone has a part to play. Regardless of the team you join, we promote a diverse environment with co-workers who are passionate about what they do, and how they do it.
Working for you
We want to protect your health, help you accumulate wealth and secure your future. We are therefore delighted to offer:
Health care plans and benefits
Modern Family Benefits, including maternity, paternity, adoption and surrogacy
Life assurance and accident policies
Comprehensive pension and retirement plans
Access to learning and development resources
Your recruiter will advise you on the benefits package for your location
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. What you do every day will help advance science and healthcare to advance human progress.
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