Questions about manuscript status?
Editorial Manager, and other systems handling submission and peer review, allow authors to check in on manuscript status. However, update frequency, status descriptions, and other factors differ between journals.
Book Workflows
Max Planck Society selects EM for encyclopedia
The Max Planck Institute has chosen Editorial Manager as the peer review system for their encyclopedia.
Flexibility in configuring submission workflows
Aries products, are configurable and flexible, giving control to users to design the best, most supportive workflows for their publications. Editorial Manager and ProduXion Manager stand out among other systems in the marketplace because workflows are not hard-coded, and a majority of configuration requires no development, or delay.
First look: CRediT Integration
Aries is an early adopter of the CRediT contributor roles taxonomy, having made a commitment to integrate role selection with author submission beginning with the 13.0 release (now in Beta testing).
An update on CRediT
The CRediT taxonomy, which is integrated with Editorial Manager beginning with version 13.0, is a topic of interest for many authors and publishers. Those looking to learn more, will enjoy this short, awareness-raising update on the contributor role project recently published on F1000’s blog, Naturally Selected.
Force11 wants to improve the way journals cite data
With the help of an NIH grant, Force11 is tackling the problem/opportunity of how authors cite data.
Overleaf & EM Ingest: How it works
By now, many researchers and publishers are familiar with Overleaf– the LaTeX based, online collaboration tool integrated with real time PDF-style preview. This tool has been adopted by many, including Springer journals.
Save the Date: EAR Webinar
What are you doing next Wednesday, at 10:30 a.m. EST? Join the Aries team for the first Enterprise Analytics Reporting (EAR) webinar of 2016!
Postcard from EEMUG 2016: Locate the treasure!
We asked about 90 of our customers– the 2016 European Editorial Manager User Group– to help us locate the “treasure” in Editorial Manager. You might be wondering what on earth that means.
A feature well worth flagging
There are many powerful features with Editorial Manager and ProduXion Manager designed to increase workflow efficiency. Manuscript Flags, in particular, are worth learning a bit more about.
The User Community: Many ways to get involved
Right now in London, nearly 100 industry professionals also known as the European Editorial Manager User Group are heads down collaborating to identify new features and functionality, learn about current and planned innovation, and discuss workflow trends and implementations that serve as infrastructure, enabling efficiency.
ORCID Solicitation: Exploring the options in Editorial Manager
Increasingly, publishers require that authors provide their unique ORCID iD along with files and other metadata when submitting work for publication in peer reviewed journals.