Did you know? Editorial Manager searches bibliographies in ORCID

Editorial Manager is tightly integrated with the ORCID database. In fact, from within Editorial Manager, an editor with the appropriate permissions can conduct an author search against the ORCID database with the click of a mouse. The editor immediately is presented with a complete list of the author’s publications, grants, and/or patents. This information can be used to verify identity, select appropriate reviewers, identify potential invited manuscripts, and more.

If you need help configuring this feature, please contact your Aries Account Coordinator, who will be happy to assist.

Editorial Humors

Regardless of industry or product/service offered, these days, businesses are searching for inventive ways to operate more efficiently….

Other Editorial Humors cartoons appeared in recent newsletters.

Editorial Humors is published under a Creative Commons license that permits free republishing with appropriate acknowledgement: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/deed.en_US.

Version 10.0 now in beta testing

Editorial Manager (EM) and ProduXion Manager (PM) Version 10.0, now in beta testing, represent substantial advancement in workflow systems technology.

Following are just a few of the new features to be released with v10.0:

• With a couple of mouse clicks, EM can conveniently “Fetch” a user’s or co-author’s ORCID by performing an API-facilitated search of the ORCID database.
• In support of ICMJE requirements, response-sensitive multi-level questions can be customized for authors and co-authors.
• Journals can ask co-authors to complete an Author Questionnaire via an emailed link to EM.
• In addition to using the manual option, editorial offices can now configure EM toautomatically add email replies to EM-generated email into a submission’s “History.”

EEMUG 2012

Aries Systems’ 2012 European User Group Meetings were held on December 10 and 11 at the Wellcome Collection Conference Centre in London. Customer turnout exceeded that of past years and the get-together was lively and engaging, providing plentiful feedback to enhance future Editorial Manager and ProduXion Manager™ product development. The meetings also offered networking and information-sharing opportunities. Thank you to our valued user group participants!

Penn State University Press deploys Editorial Manager for stream of literary journals

Recently, Aries customer Penn State University Press deployed Editorial Manager for several literary journals including The Edgar Allan Poe Review, Interdisciplinary Literature Studies,Steinbeck Review, and Studies in American Jewish Literature. This reflects an industry-wide increase in use of peer review systems for humanities and social science (HSS) journals; science, technical, and medical (STM) journals were first adopters of the technology.

Other university presses that use Editorial Manager include Cambridge University Press, University of Chicago Press, Duke University Press, Edinburgh University Press, University of Nebraska Press, Ohio State University Press, Oxford University Press, and University of Pennsylvania Press.

The Canadian Mineralogist selects Editorial Manager

Aries Systems welcomes one of our newest customers, the Mineralogical Association of Canada, which has chosen the EM workflow solution for peer-reviewed and internationally renowned journal, The Canadian Mineralogist.

According to MacKenzie Parker, the journal’s Managing Editor, “Editorial Manager offers a high level of configurability and includes cutting-edge features that journal staff can turn on or off. Having a system that we can adapt to any potential change in our workflow is key.”