As the leading peer review and production workflow management solutions, Editorial Manager® (EM) and ProduXion Manager® (PM) are leveraged by millions of users worldwide. Scholarly journals prioritize a smooth and efficient publishing process to maximize their time and resources, but it may be challenging to keep the workflow moving with so many users in play.Read More
Publishers with many journals in their portfolio often need to manage assignments across several publications at once, requiring journal staff to switch between sites within the same system. This creates a taxing process of logging in and out to jump from one journal site to the next, causing delays and confusion for Editors juggling multipleRead More
The scholarly publishing experience can be a complex and dynamic process with multiple stakeholders in play throughout various stages of workflow. As such, it is critical for journals to store and surface communications across Authors, Reviewers, and editorial staff. Within Editorial Manager® (EM) and ProduXion Manager® (PM), the leading peer review and production workflow managementRead More
For over 35 years, Aries Systems has believed in the power of information and connectivity, and that bringing these together through best-in-class technology is what drives us forward. Our mission is to help disseminate knowledge on a global scale through our innovative workflow management solutions. Editorial Manager® (EM) is the leading manuscript submission and peerRead More
As publishing workflows become increasingly complex and overloaded to keep pace with the latest research and innovations, it is critical to maintain efficient, yet flexible operations. Publishers often shuffle content, data, and communications between key stakeholders across incompatible and disparate systems. As book publishers struggle to juggle multiple projects at once, traditional silos decrease visibilityRead More
Becoming a more pronounced practice in the mid-to-late 20th century, peer review remains the “golden standard” of evaluating knowledge. Effective and impartial peer review is essential to supporting quality scholarly research and lies at the core of the publishing process. Through the evolution of technologies, policies, and values overtime, emerging models of peer review haveRead More
With advancements in technology, the introduction of flexible business models, and the emergence of various fraud phenomena led by bad actors – maintaining integrity in scholarly publishing has never been more critical or more challenging. As scholarly journals continue to receive an ever-increasing influx of submissions, the more difficult it is for editorial teams toRead More
In a digital world, consumers are accustomed to instant gratification, accessible displays, intuitive user journeys, and immersive experiences as they interact with the various technologies and platforms in their lives. Prioritizing user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) design, responsive design, and user support is imperative to achieving this level of customer satisfaction. In theRead More
As a key pillar to any business’s success, the importance of communication cannot be overstated – especially within the ever-evolving scholarly publishing landscape. With so many different players, priorities, and perspectives, it is critical for publishers and societies to optimize communication across global stakeholders to maximize engagement. Ineffective, non-transparent, or outdated communications (and its channels)Read More
Analytics, the systematic analysis of data and statistics to discover meaningful patterns, is essential for how businesses define and achieve success. Leveraging analytics can have a huge impact on publishers and their bottom line including optimized operations, increased revenue, reduced costs, improve quality of published works, enhanced experience for stakeholders, and greater competitive advantage. MostRead More
ORCID – the Open Research and Contributor ID – is an independent, not-for-profit organization that issues unique, persistent digital identifiers for scholarly researchers. This enables transparent and trustworthy connections between researchers, their contributors, and their affiliations as they engage in research, scholarship, and innovation. More than nine million ORCID iDs have been issued, and hasRead More
Traditional article production workflows shuffle static, unstructured Word documents or PDFs between key stakeholders across disparate systems. During the copyediting stage, the document is circulated and marked up with edits between the Authors and the production Editor, and is then transferred to an XML typesetting operator responsible for interpreting and implementing the changes to aRead More