“Aries support has been consistently helpful in my year of EM. No question is too big or too small”
Mary Sharkey
Managing Editor
Journal of Devel & Behav Pediatrics AND Journal of Thoracic Oncology

“I find EM to be intuitive; if I don’t know something, I can usually figure it out”
Deborah Bowman
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

“Editorial Manager is easy to use and it saves me a lot of time”
Leslie B. Thacker
Managing Editor
Diagnostic Molecular Pathology & The International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

“EM enables versatility in the journal office”
Claire Moroney
Manuscript Administrator
Clinical Infectious Diseases

“Editorial Manager is a smart tool that makes submission and reviewing tasks more efficient and user friendly”
Andrea Dulberger
Editorial Assistant
Cell Press

“I like EM’s ability to configure different manuscript types”
Rachel Ravitsky
Managing Editor - Electronic
Taylor and Francis

“As a self-publisher, we have been able to move to a more efficient workflow by using Preprint Manager for production tracking. There is great ability to become more flexible and to have quick turnarounds and version control”
Preprint Manager User

“What used to take hours of time and hundreds of dollars, now takes a couple of clicks of the mouse and virtually no money”
Jian Sun
EES (Editorial) Manager
Aesthetic Surgery Journal

“The staff at Aries Systems make you feel like family. They are willing to go above and beyond to help your journal run as smoothly as possible”
Erin Dubnansky
Director of Editorial Services
Gastroenterology and CGH

“With EM transmitting manuscripts to the publisher has become so quick and easy”
Barbara Kern
Managing Editor
Clinical Psychopharmacology

“Editorial Manager is for us an ingenious solution because it offers us an excellent mix of pre-configured functionality and individual adaptation. We handle our journals rather individually to the benefit of authors, referees and editors and, therefore, particularly appreciate the capability in Editorial Manager allowing us to configure all these conditions ourselves within the system exactly according to our requirements.”
Angelika Sperlich
Oldenbourg

“Editorial Manager has increasingly made my life simpler and more organized. I cannot imagine ever going back to the days before EM! Thank you for your innovative and responsive system.”
Mary Newcomb
Managing Editor
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

“I sincerely appreciate what a great vendor Aries is for Duke Press. You always follow through and are very responsive to our needs.”
Rob Dilworth
Editorial/Administrative Manager of Journals
Duke University Press

“I just wanted to let you know Jason has been a tremendous help with our conversion to EM. He is always very available to answer all questions and is extremely knowledgeable about the system. It is very refreshing to have someone like that to call for help and get the friendly, courteous, competent help that is needed. I have never been disappointed and am grateful he is there when I need him.”
Jeanine Vezie
Managing Editor
The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

“Editorial Manager is a key selling point for my company.”
Marie Bardsley
Director
E-Med Ltd.

“I am particularly impressed by the availability and stability of EM and the smooth update procedures. Thank you for providing such an excellent choice to our journals!”
Katharina Rademacher
JEO Manager
Springer Heidelberg

“Editorial Manager is a versatile and powerful system that saves us time throughout the peer review process. We are extremely happy with the flexibility, responsiveness of Aries to user suggestions, and the online help feature in EM.”
Sara Tiner
Editorial Coordinator
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

“Aries is constantly updating and improving the efficiency and usability of Editorial Manager. We are more than happy with this system.”
Leslie Thacker
Managing Editor
Diagnostic Molecular Pathology

“Aries is committed to providing an excellent and ever-expanding product.”
Nancy J. Kriigel
Managing Editor
American Journal of Surgical Pathology

“I have found using EM to be quite intuitive. I was able to start using it right away, yet it has so many layers, I still learn new things every day.”
Deborah Bowman
Managing Editor
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

“Working with the EM staff made the experience of transitioning to a new system a pleasant one.”
Jackie Perry
Managing Editor
American Society of Civil Engineers

“We are really grateful for the help that Aries was able to offer. We don't have a dedicated IT staff, so this kind of assistance is of special value for us. Thank you for the excellent follow-through.”
Mady Tissenbaum
General Manager, The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

“We chose Editorial Manager because it is a worldwide market leader, and we wanted a manuscript submission and editorial office system that has been proven to work well. The fact that the system has been broadly used by other publishing houses gave us confidence that some of our authors and editors would already have experience with Editorial Manager, and that training would be easy for those who did not.”
Wolfgang Böttner
Section Manager, Medicine & Sciences
Walter de Gruyter

“We work with editors in the U.S. and Germany. During implementation, we needed strong customer support from Aries on both sides of the ocean. That has worked splendidly. The comprehensive support provided by the German Aries office in Langenfeld has been very important as we introduced the system.”
Michael Himmelstoß
Publishing Manager
Carl Hanser Publishing Munich

“We are very excited to work with Editorial Manager. We were all very impressed and appreciate the customer service, too. Thank you for your very informative instruction.”
Cindy Garcia
Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry

“It is a pleasure to deal with an organization that reacts positively to user feedback and that incorporates the real-life experiences of customers into product improvements.”

Nijsje Dorman, Ph.D.
Sean Sanders, Ph.D.
Assistant Editors
BioTechniques

“I really appreciate Editorial Manager. It is very efficient, effective, easy to use and has greatly increased our ability to quickly serve our authors.”
Ken Hargreaves
Editor
Journal of Endodontics

“You guys really provide us with good service and you don't know how much I appreciate it!”
Rhea Morgan
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association

“I have just used EM for the first time. It was an excellent experience and really facilitated the review process.”
David Middleton
Reviewer for British Journal of Social Psychology

“Reports are easy to use and with custom reports, you can create reports tailored to your specific needs.”
Carlos Terra
Managing Editor
Clinical Infectious Diseases

“Editorial Manager has greatly reduced the turnaround times for the Journals we’ve had online a couple years.”
Liz Guertin
Journals Assistant
ASCE

“Editorial Manager saved time – faster turn around time of editorial and review process”
Jenny Finnell
Assistant to the Editor-In-Chief
Synthetic Metals

“I particularly like the automatic reviewer promotion and manuscript flags”
Laura Carlquist
Managing Editor
JPAG

“The adoption of Editorial Manager has made it easier to search for appropriate reviewers and customize letters”
Barbara Kern
Managing Editor
Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology

“The enhancements to reviewer selection and classification enhancements are good news for our editors – just what they wanted!”
Sue Houchin
Managing Editor
Medical Care

“We can now accomplish with the click of a mouse and a few key strokes the tasks that previously would have taken hours.”
Nancy J. Kriigel
Managing Editor
The American Journal of Surgical Pathology

“EM is a powerful tool. It leaves the configuration in our hands which allows us to be efficient and proficient with helping our editors. Our editors love EM. It’s a wonderful tool and really provides for their journals' needs.”
Angelina Wagner
Assistant Managing Editor
Taylor and Francis Publishing

“I find Editorial Manager incredibly useful; organized, intuitive, and fast. It helps me to answer author questions quickly, keep my LTE manuscripts organized, and export data for the editors efficiently. Excellent!”
Jessica Brabant
Editorial Assistant
Journal of Vascular Surgery

“Editorial Manager improves the speed of processing manuscripts for an international journal with worldwide author base. It also helps building-up and utilizing a large and ever-increasing database of referees. 1,190 were used in 2008.”
John and Hilary Craig
Journal of Fish Biology

“The system enables faster review times and transparency of editor workflow, such as the ability to keep track of individual Editors’ performance.”
Emma Gulseven
Journals Production Editor
IWA Publishing

“Features such as deeplinks aid and improve the author’s submission process, and therefore our publication process.”
Editor Comment

“The system allows us to monitor submission process and provide prompt contact with authors and reviewers. ”
Anna Rutkowska
Managing Editor
Neuro Report, EJA, EJGH

“EM streamlines the submission and review process. The administrator has control of system and is able to tailor/configure the system to journal needs ”
V. Rae
Geneva Risk & Insurance Review

“ We continue to be impressed with Editorial Manager and appreciate Aries' dedication to continued quality improvement and customer service. ”
Karen Shipp
Senior Assistant Editor
American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

“I just had to write to say how much I love looking for reviewers with editorial manager. Before EM I'd write personal emails to potential reviewers, and some would take weeks to write back; many would never respond at all. This past week with EM I queried 9 reviewers; all 9 replied (some within minutes!), and 8 said yes. I had no idea reviewers would respond so quickly and positively. ”
Christine Cooper-Rompato
Co-Editor
Journal of Medieval Religious Cultures

Register to Attend EMUG 2009

Eighth Annual Editorial Manager User Group Meeting
June 17 & 18, 2010
Le Méridien Cambridge

The eighth annual Editorial Manager User Group (EMUG) meeting has been set for
June 17 & 18 at Le Méridien Cambridge in the scholarly setting of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The two-day meeting will feature helpful presentations, tutorials and interactive sessions on the use of Editorial Manager and other relevant topics in publishing. This year's seminars include a return of last year's successful EM "bootcamp" for new users, as well as numerous new sessions for returning attendees. Click here [pdf] for a complete catalog of this year's sessions.

Aries Systems Corporation invites you to join us on Thursday evening, June 17th at 5:00 PM for a cocktail reception and light hors d'oeuvres with other users and staff from Aries Systems.

We have arranged a group rate of $279 per night at Le Méridien for Wednesday, June 16 and Thursday, June 17. To book a room, call the hotel directly at +1 (617) 577-0200 and let the reservation staff know that you are attending the Editorial Manager User Group. Room availability is limited, so book now!

Registration fee is $150 per attendee. After submitting the registration form, you will be able to download the payment submittal form. If you need to download the payment form separately, it can also be downloaded here. [pdf]

Please note, this year we are pleased to offer ISMTE members a discount of $50.00 on the registration fee. We kindly request you note your membership on your payment form. Please contact sheger@ariessys.com should you have any questions or concerns.

This year, we would like to encourage the attendance of journal editors, so each paid registration includes a free registration for an accompanying editor. If you wish to take advantage of this offer, please note the name and e-mail address of the accompanying editor in the appropriate section of your online registration form and ensure the editor completes an online registration (omitting the payment form).

To register, fill out and submit the form below. A payment submittal form will be provided at the end of the process.

Registrant Information

*First and last name, e-mail address, and either a publication, publisher, or company name are required. If you are including an editor's name for the complimentary registration,
an e-mail address for that editor is also required.

Full Name*
E-mail Address*
Telephone #
Work Title
Publication*
Publisher or Company*
Name of Accompanying Editor
Editor's E-mail Address*

Please select the breakout sessions you plan to attend.

Click here for a complete catalog of this year's sessions.

June 17

9:00 - Breakfast & Registration
9:30 - Welcome and Introduction
9:40 - Overview of Versions 7.2, 7.3, & 8.0
10:40 - Feature Workshop
11:25 - Refreshment Break
11:45 - Feature Workshop Presentations
1:00 - Lunch
1:45 - Breakout Sessions

TRACK 1
EM Bootcamp (1:45-4:30)
TRACK 2 Please choose an option for each session.

Session 1 (1:45-2:30)

Co-Author Workflows
Portal Functionality

Session 2 (2:40-3:25)

How Do I Configure...?
QA Workflows

3:35 - Guest Speaker - "Use of Social Media by Scholarly Journals and the Implications for Peer Review"

5:00 - Reception

Yes, I plan to attend the reception
No, I do not plan to attend the reception

June 18

8:30 - Breakfast
9:00 - Enterprise Analytics Reporting
10:00 - Preprint Manager User Group Meeting Begins

Attend PM User Group Meeting (10:00 - 1:45)

10:00 - Preparing the Author for Manuscript Submission
10:45 - Refreshment Break

EM Morning Breakout Sessions (11:00 - 11:45)

EM Ecology
Proposal Workflows & Managing
the Author Invitation Process

11:45 - Lunch
12:45 - Plagiarism Checking and Crossref Update

Afternoon Breakout Sessions (PM Users rejoin general sessions)

Sessions 4 & 5 (1:40 - 3:20)

EM Workflows (Double session)

Session 4 (1:40 - 2:25)

Commerce Manager
Proposal Workflows & Managing
the Author Invitation Process
(same presentation as morning session)

Session 5 (2:35 - 3:20)

Advanced Enterprise Analytics Reporting
(extended review)
Optimizing Elements of People Records

3:30 - Version 8.1 & Beyond
4:00 - Presentations Concluded for EMUG 2010

Additional information or comments