Working from home has become the new norm due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic, but the quick shift from the in-office work culture to telecommuting has left many ill prepared to deal with managing their own technology. Working from the comfort of your own home certainly has its perks, such as flexible work hours, theRead More
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) announced the approval and publication of the Manuscript Exchange Common Approach (MECA) Recommended Practice. The Manuscript Exchange Common Approach is an industry-wide, cross-organization initiative that strives to facilitate and standardize multiple types of manuscript transfer within and between manuscript and peer review systems. Authors are often required to re-submitRead More
Aries is pleased to be featured as a guest speaker in Copyright Clearance Center’s (CCC) upcoming webinar, Streamlining OA Workflows: Use Metadata to Manage APCs. This webinar will highlight how harnessing metadata and identifiers collected during manuscript submission can improve internal efficiencies and compliance with funder mandates and transformative agreements by Open Access standards, andRead More
Aries Systems has transitioned the 2020 EMUG program into a knowledge-packed webinar series as part of our commitment to support their dedicated user community during this unprecedented time. We understand that you can no longer physically attend our 2020 Editorial Manager User Group Meeting (EMUG) in Boston but that doesn’t mean we can’t deliver allRead More
As the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to evolve, it affects each of us differently. Aries recognizes the increasing impact this has on publisher’s editorial and production operations, including an overwhelming influx of COVID-19 related manuscript submissions and constant need for available peer reviewers. Aries Systems is dedicated to providing our customers the highest level ofRead More
Aries’ Japanese distribution partner, ATLAS Co. Ltd., is pleased to announce the adoption of Editorial Manager® for 200 journal sites to date. Journals who have recently signed on to adopt EM as their manuscript submission and peer review tracking system include Science and Technology of Energetic Materials, International Journal of Surgical Wound Care and JournalRead More
Tell us a little about yourself – how long have you been working for Aries? What did you do before joining Aries? I’ve been with Aries since 2007 and started as an apprentice while I was still in college. Originally, I planned to be drafted for military duty upon graduation. I was lucky, though, asRead More
The first annual NISO Plus conference (recently merged with NFAIS) was held in Baltimore, MD at the Lord Baltimore Hotel on February 23-25. Aries was delighted to attend, sponsor, and speak at NISO Plus 2020. Aries Senior Business Systems Analyst Stacey Lavelle attended the three-day meeting and reflected on her positive experience, commenting “Many ofRead More
Thank you to all of the attendees who joined us in London for our 16th annual European user group meeting last week! Aries was thrilled to see many familiar faces and was excited to welcome over 20 first-time attendees this year! To kick-off the first day of EEMUG 2020, Aries Director of Product Management TonyRead More
The 16th annual European Editorial Manager User Group Meeting (EEMUG) is exactly two weeks from today! What better way to start the New Year than to join fellow Editorial Manager® and ProduXion Manager® users at EEMUG 2020 in London? Aries user group meetings are designed to be mutually beneficial for both Aries Systems and ourRead More
For this month’s Aries staff interview, we sat down with Amy Burke, Senior QA Engineer. Read our interview with Amy for behind the scenes insights into how Aries’ Quality Assurance team operates and how her role has evolved with the company’s growth over the past quarter-century!
Want to learn about the latest Editorial Manager/ProduXion Manager software features and upcoming Aries innovations? Want to advocate for your favorite future developments and provide feedback to the Aries product management team? Want to discuss hot industry topics and network with colleagues? If you said “YES” to any of the above questions, join us forRead More