In honor of Earth Day 2022, Aries Systems organized an internal community clean-up day on Friday, May 6th. After a team breakfast in the office, members of Aries staff volunteered to pick up trash at Steven’s Pond and the surrounding hiking trails close to our headquarters in North Andover, MA. The event was a greatRead More
The Society for Scholarly Publishing’s (SSP) 44th annual meeting will be held in Chicago, IL from June 1-3, 2022. Aries Systems is a proud sponsor of SSP 2022, whose theme “Building a More Connected Scholarly Community” welcomes attendees back for the first in-person meeting since the COVID-19 pandemic to reconnect society and commercial publishers, researchRead More
Aries Systems is pleased to announce that registration for our 2022 virtual Editorial Manager User Group (EMUG) meeting is now open! Webinar-style sessions, which will be held from June 14-16th from 9:30am-11:30am ET daily, will highlight helpful Editorial Manager® and ProduXion Manager® functionality, spotlight partner integrations, and feature publisher use cases and guest panelists. AttendeesRead More
The publishing landscape has experienced tremendous shifts in response to evolving Open Access (OA) agreements and business models over recent years. As OA practices introduce both advantages and disadvantages to scholarly publishing and research output, it is critical to observe and measure it’s impact across all facets of the publishing workflow. In particular, there areRead More
Alongside the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) recently announced its publication of CRediT as an official ANSI/NISO standard, Z39.104-2022. A Standing Committee and Community of Interest Group will be established by NISO to continue promote the taxonomy, keep it current for the industry’s needs, and encourage community participation andRead More
Aries is pleased to have been invited to participate at the National Information Standard Organization (NISO) virtual conference The User Experience: Just Fix It on Wednesday, January 26th. The event, which will be hosted via Zoom from 12pm – 4pm ET, will cover the importance, challenges, and benefits of user experience (UX). Following a welcomeRead More
Aries Systems is dedicated to continuous product improvement and innovation, with Editorial Manager® (EM) and ProduXion Manager® (PM) enhancements released each month. To help EM/PM users stay up-to-date on system functionality designed to support their workflows, the Aries Client Services team hosts free training webinars biannually on the latest features. Join our next training sessionRead More
The OA Switchboard, an initiative by the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), is a not-for-profit, industry-wide collaboration that aims to serve as an intermediary between the complexities of multi-lateral Open Access (OA) publication-level arrangements by functioning as a central information exchange hub. The OA Switchboard strives to enable the seamless sending and receiving ofRead More
Aries Systems is pleased to announce the Dryad integration with Editorial Manager® (EM) is now available! Dryad, a not-for-profit data repository, aims to make research data openly discoverable, citable, and reusable. The integration, made possible through Aries’ flexible repository API, is designed to allow any publication using EM the ability to directly connect Authors withRead More
At the June Aries Industry Advisory Board (AIAB) meeting, Alice Meadows, Director of Community Engagement, NISO and SSP President (2021-22), joined as our guest speaker, leading an exploratory discussion on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in scholarly publishing. Board members from leading industry organizations shared their current and future ideas and plans on how toRead More
Thank you to everyone who joined us last week for Aries’ 2021 virtual Editorial Manager User Group (EMUG) meeting! Aries was thrilled to connect with our Editorial Manager® (EM) and ProduXion Manager® (PM) customers for our three day virtual event, held on June 15-17th. The EMUG 2021 virtual conference was offered free of charge toRead More
Editorial Manager® (EM) and ProduXion Manager® (PM) version 17.0 is now in general release! To keep customers up-to-date on EM/PM functionality, the Aries Client Services team is offering a free webinar highlighting the latest system innovations. Join us on Wednesday, June 30th at 10am ET for this informative session! Some of the many features toRead More