Did you know? EM Discussion Forums add a new dimension to editorial communication

Discussion Forums, an innovative EM feature, has recently attracted positive journal feedback. Allowing informal discussions between Editors about a particular submission, the forums can be set up at any time during the workflow.

Among benefits customer have found are: it is a natural solution for journals requiring a quick initial accept or reject decision without adding Editors to the decision chain, it is especially helpful for workflows involving collaborative decision-making, it allows subject-area experts to be easily brought in, the discussion remains in the system for handy reference – and it is simple to use!

If you would like a copy of the Discussion Forum General Release Notes, please contact your Aries Account Coordinator.

Supporting ChemDraw in Editorial Manager

ChemDraw, developed by CambridgeSoft, creates correct chemical structure images from chemical names, and gives IUPAC names for structures. When an author submits a manuscript as a Word document with ChemDraw files embedded, Editorial Manager automatically converts the submission to a PDF file.

Alternatively, native ChemDraw files outside of Word can also be uploaded into EM, however, they are not converted to PDF. They are stored in the “file inventory” for convenient download by clicking links in the PDF.

An example of a ChemDraw image within an EM submission PDF

Ramp Up On New v8.2 Features – Don’t Miss These Webinars

Our upcoming September webinar series will provide a fast, practical introduction to the new features in Editorial Manager Version 8.2, so you can put them to work right away. Registration information will be available soon.

Customers, please email customerservice@ariessys.com if you would like to be added to the email list to receive release notes and webinar registration links.

If you are not currently an Aries customer but would like to attend a webinar, please email marketing@ariessys.com.

Version 8.2 went to general release in June

After beta testing and gamma deployment over the past few months, Aries Systems is pleased to report the second major release of Editorial Manager and Preprint Manager in 2011.

Version 8.2 integrates many useful features, such as:

As usual, the upgrades do not require any system downtime to deploy, and are performed incrementally to minimize user disruption. If you would like to be notified of launches for your journal and receive a copy of the release notes, please contact Aries’ Customer Service Department.

Public Library of Science reports substantial growth in publication

PLoS ONE is a peer-reviewed, open-access online publication which welcomes reports on primary research from any scientific discipline.

At the Society for Scholarly Publishing’s Annual Meeting in June 2011, PLoS ONE reported substantially increasing number of article publications in each quarter (see chart) since July 2010. The number of submissions received by PLoS ONE from 1/1/2011 to 6/30/2011 was more than 1.5 times greater than the number of submissions from 7/1/2010 to 12/31/2010.

To see the Editorial Manager submission system, go to http://www.edmgr.com/pone.

EMUG 2011: a mix of collaboration, learning, and networking

The Editorial Manager User Group Meeting held last month in Cambridge, MA (US) was a great success! Thanks to all attendees for such a fun and productive meeting – as well as for the highly positive, important feedback.

We would also like to thank the following for their excellent presentations: Philippa J. Benson, Ph.D. of The Charlesworth Group, Teresa Metcalfe of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Brian Papa of the American Meteorological Society, Christopher Lowe of the American Gastroenterological Association, Bruce Rosenblum of Inera Inc., and Carol Anne Meyer of CrossRef.

As always, attendees and Aries staff appreciated the opportunity to interact face-to-face and to network at the reception on Thursday evening.

Save the date – Aries Systems’ annual European User Group Meeting will be held in London on November 28 and 29, 2011.