Did you know? Authors can now obtain an ORCID and record it in Editorial Manager

So that journals can unambiguously identify Authors, Co-Authors, Editors, and Reviewers, EM v9.2 introduces the Contributor ID feature. This means that users who have registered an ORCID at https://orcid.org/register can enter it into their EM user record.

As functionality built into the next two releases of EM, Aries has implemented the ORCID API to “fetch” an existing ORCID and facilitate registration.

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

Version 9.2 release initiated in September

Aries Systems is pleased to announce that Version 9.2 of Editorial Manager and Preprint Manager began rolling out in September 2012. New time-saving features include:

• ORCID and other Contributor ID fields for Authors and Co-Authors (see the “Did you know?” article below.)
• Hundreds of “People Flag” options
• Custom status terms for display to Authors
• Option for direct assignment of Reviewers without invitation
• More information about assignments in automated Editor reminder emails
• Enhanced “Re-open Review” functionality to send reviews back to submitter
• Manuscript Services link
• Enhanced decision letter options
• Table of contents headings

Aries customers, if you would like to be notified of upgrades for your journal and receive a copy of the comprehensive release notes, please contact Aries’ Customer Service Department.

Editorial Humors

This month’s Editorial Humors cartoon draws attention to ORCID, as Aries Systems, an ORCID Launch Partner, finalizes integration of EM and PM with the registry! (See “Did you know?” at the bottom of this newsletter.)

Despite the cartoon, please note that ORCID is pronounced “awr-kid,” as in the orchid flower.

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.

EEMUG 2012: early registration rate through October 31

We’re pleased to announce the following guest speakers scheduled for the upcoming EEMUG meeting in central London:

• Sarah Robbie of Taylor & Francis
• Rachael Lammey of CrossRef
• Simon Inger of Simon Inger Consulting, Ltd.

Monday, December 10
Ninth Annual European Editorial Manager User Group (EEMUG) Meeting

Tuesday, December 11
Fourth Annual Preprint Manager User Group (PMUG) Meeting

Recent Editorial Manager deployments featuring Language Options

Uniquely available in Editorial Manager is the ability for users to dynamically toggle between languages to see the interface in their preferred language. Following are several journals that have activated EM with Language Options.

• The Cairn.info journal entitled @GRH uses the EM French language interface toggle feature, as seen here:http://www.editorialmanager.com/agrh.
• Revista Brasileira de Recursos Hidricos toggles between English and Portuguese:http://www.editorialmanager.com/rbrh.
• Journal of the Japan Society of Powder and Powder Metallurgy offers English in addition to the default Japanese interface:http://www.editorialmanager.com/jjspm.

Download Aries’ Language Options brochure or view a brief video about the EM Language Options.

The journal of Evidence-Based Wormen’s Health Society uses Editorial Manager

Evidence-Based Women’s Health Journal, published by Wolters Kluwer, has just launched Editorial manager as its manuscript submission and peer review solution. View the EM submission site and read a synopsis of the journal’s scope here: http://www.editorialmanager.com/ebwjh.

More than 240 high-impact Lippincott Williams & Wilkins health information journals use Aries Systems’ Software as a Service.

First EMUG Japan

Congratulations to Aries partner Atlas Co., Ltd for hosting the first Editorial Manager User Group Meeting ever held in Japan! The very successful event generated a substantial turnout of Atlas customers, who appreciated the in-depth EM and PM presentations and new release information.

Aries’ Vice President of Sales and Marketing Richard Wynne reports, “Japanese users actively engaged in the feature workshops and helped identify several useful new features. Thank you to Atlas for a great event and all your hospitality.”

 Attendees commented:
“It was a good opportunity for us to tell our opinion and requests directly to Atlas/Aries.”

“I enjoyed the Workshop very much! We usually don’t have much chance to talk with persons from other journals so EMUG J is a great opportunity for us.”