Martin Fenner’s Gobbledygook blog explores issues related to manuscript preparation and submission. The recent interview with Richard Wynne, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Aries, highlighted publishing trends, opportunities and challenges. Click here to read the interview.
The Sudanese Journal of Ophthalmology (SJO) publishes original research, clinical studies and reviews, with a special emphasis on the ophthalmic problems of the Sudan and neighboring regions. Editorial Manager, already deployed with leading international ophthalmology publications, has now been adopted by the SJO. This means that authors, reviewers and editors can conveniently collaborate on research that will help address the ophthalmic problems of the region.
Commenting on the adoption of Editorial Manager by the SJO, Richard Wynne (Vice President of Sale and Marketing) at Aries said “It’s exciting to see how Software-as-a-Service delivery of research tools enables worldwide collaboration and publication”. The Sudanese Journal of Ophthalmology (SJO) is published by Sudan Eye Center (SEC) in collaboration with Sudanese Eye Research Group (SERG): www.sjopthal.net
Growing interest in Editorial Manager from Chinese publishers and authors has prompted Aries to enter into a collaboration and distribution agreement with Chinese company Asia Pacific Medinfo. The Shanghai-based company will provide local support, training and configuration services with a focus on language localization. Jack Jia, President of Asia Pacific Medinfo said “Using the existing configuration options in Editorial Manager we can localize many of the user-facing pages to support dual-language publishing”.
AER, the Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired, deployed Editorial Manager for their journal in July of 2008. Based on this successful experience, the Association has recently extended its use of the system to collect and process abstracts for their upcoming Regional Conference in Cleveland, Ohio. EM’s Author Questionnaire capability is used to gather detailed information about potential presenters. The Editor-in-Chief, Bette Anne Preston, assigns abstract submission to committee chairs, who in turn send out the abstracts for review by other committee members. This is an example of how the EM configuration options are used to address a wide range of workflow requirements.
Aries is pleased to announce that international publishing consultant Mark Ware will make a presentation entitled: “When the Walls Come Down: Trends in Scholarly Publishing” at the Editorial Manager User Group Meeting. Mark specializes in helping journals define and implement growth strategies involving the application of new media technologies. He has written several strategic reports concerning online peer review and other aspects of scholarly publishing. To read more about Mark, click here.