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[March 2011] Did you know? You now have more customization options on Reviewer Forms

Reviewer Forms are configurable by article type and revision, and also for various Reviewer roles that a publication may use. Version 8.1 introduced enhanced ability to customize manuscript evaluation forms on which Reviewers enter their ratings and comments. This allows for more flexibility in gathering information. Some new features follow. In configuring the Review Questions,Read More

[October 2012] 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” anRead More

[January 2013] Did you know? Editorial Manager searches bibliographies in ORCID

Editorial Manager is tightly integrated with the ORCID database. In fact, from within Editorial Manager, an editor with the appropriate permissions can conduct an author search against the ORCID database with the click of a mouse. The editor immediately is presented with a complete list of the author’s publications, grants, and/or patents. This information canRead More

[February 2010] Automated Reviewer Reminders

Automated e-mail reviewer reminders can be an effective way for journals to reduce the time taken for scholarly manuscript peer review. However, unchanging, inappropriate and relentless emails can also alienate the all-important reviewer community. For this reason, Editorial Manager includes unique features that empower journal staff to continuously tailor and refine their approach to reviewerRead More

[September 2010] Did You Know? You Can Use Linked Submissions to Process “Letters to the Editor”

Editorial Manager’s ‘Letter to the Editor’ linked submissions feature gives your editorial team a simple and flexible way to track and manage letters received in response to published papers. An editor can link letters to a published paper, and invite the author to respond to any or all of the letters; the author’s responses areRead More

[June 2012] Did you know? Authors can recommend Reviewers

Editorial Manager can be configured to permit Authors to “Suggest Reviewers” during manuscript submission. Some journals find that providing Authors’ recommendations saves Editors time and may increase the relevance of reviews. Editors can easily find and assign suggested Reviewers by selecting “Suggested by Author” from the Reviewer Search drop-down box. If suggested Reviewers are notRead More

[November 2008] Aries Systems’ President Co-authors Paper on the History of Peer Review

In collaboration with Greg Tananbaum of ScholarNext Consulting, Lyndon Holmes, President of Aries Systems Corporation, recently co-authored an article on the history of Web-based peer review which was published in the October issue of the journal Learned Publishing. The paper covers the evolution of electronic solutions for the editorial workflow from the earliest experiments inRead More

[November 2012] Did you know? Avoid citing retracted papers

Editorial Manager’s reference-processing module automatically links author-submitted bibliographies to PubMed and CrossRef. As part of this process, journal staff is alerted to citation errors including citations to retracted papers. If you have nightmares about citing retracted papers, take a look at this EM feature by contacting marketing@ariessys.com. Sample processed citations with enlarged comment boxes

[December 2010] Did you know? You can use Editorial Manager to assign DOIs to your manuscripts.

Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs®) facilitate persistent identification for content objects on the Internet. Assigning DOIs to manuscripts makes it easier for your audience to find and cite manuscripts. Editorial Manager (EM) and Preprint Manager (PM) can be configured to automatically generate and assign DOIs, in a specified format, for your manuscripts based on specific eventsRead More

[June 2011] Did you know? New video tutorial highlights the value of Editor Attachments

Did you know that EM makes it easy for Editors to include attachments at any point in the workflow? This feature conveniently allows Editors to send attachments along with email to Authors and Reviewers, keeps all associated documentation in one repository, and permits each individual attachment to be accessed by or hidden to Reviewers and/orRead More

[April 2013] Did you know? Editorial Manager “fetches” ORCIDs

ORCID is an open standard used to uniquely identify manuscript contributors. EM enables ORCID integration at manuscript submission and during peer review. In some cases, the ORCID number can be directly input (and verified) by the individual owner of the ORCID. However, in peer review, there are many instances in which users need to enterRead More

[November 2011] Did you know? The Production Status Grid is PM’s intelligence headquarters

Preprint Manager’s Production Status Grid presents vital information about the production workflow to journal staff, all in an easy-to-read format and in a central location. Used by production and editorial staff, the grid can be compared to traditional whiteboards or spreadsheets historically used for the same purpose. However, the grid displays a comprehensive view ofRead More