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Military Medicine Goes Live with Editorial Manager

May 28, 2009, North Andover, MA. USA Military Medicine the International Journal of AMSUS has recently begun using Editorial Manager, see: www.editorialmanager.com/milmed. Tonya Lira, Publications Director, commented: "We received great support from Aries during the transition from the prior system, and we are pleased to be accepting new submissions in Editorial Manager".

Editorial Manager and Preprint Manager Version 7.0 Enters General Release
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April 29, 2009 SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) developer Aries Systems Corporation (North Andover Massachusetts, USA) is pleased to announce the general release of Editorial Manager and Preprint Manager Version 7.0.

Workflow solutions from Aries Systems are used by 3,200+ scholarly publications to process more than a million scholarly manuscripts, abstracts and book chapters each year. Key features of the new release include:

  • Issue-Based Workflows.. The new version of Preprint Manager enhances the ability of journals to transact issue workflows in tandem with individual manuscript processing. For example, all the manuscripts in a particular issue can be assigned to a vendor with responsibility for a task such as composition or printing. Files such as “cover art” or “front matter” can also be uploaded and processed independently of manuscripts.

  • Solicited Manuscript Enhancements.Solicited manuscript functionality enables journals to publish proprietary content that is not subject to open access deposit mandates. The enhanced ability to select, identify and manage solicited manuscripts in Editorial Manager Version 7.0 therefore assists publishers to proactively adapt to the changing publishing environment.

  • Single Sign-On.Version 7.0 journals can configure a single sign-on capability for editors that collaborate on a group of journals.

Lyndon Holmes, President of Aries Systems, commented: “Aries continues to offer editorial and production workflow solutions that are comprehensive, integrated and configurable. Version 7.0 is yet another step in providing our customers with the best integrated workflow automation available today. Our aggressive technology development program assures that our business partners will be well-equipped to adapt to the rapid changes now occurring in scholarly publishing.”

Publishers wishing to know more about these and the many other innovations in Version 7.0 are invited to contact Aries to schedule a demonstration, participate in Webinars or attend the User Group Meeting (June 18th & 19th in Cambridge, MA).

Aries Appoints Distributor in Japan for Editorial Manager
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April 22, 2009, North Adover, MA.USA - Aries Systems Corporation is pleased to announce that it has entered into a multi-year distribution agreement with ATLAS Co. Ltd. Under the terms of the agreement ATLAS will market and support Aries’ Editorial Manager submission and peer review system in Japan.

Editorial Manager is currently deployed to 3,200+ publications, and Japanese scholarly societies have expressed a growing interest in the system for English and local language publishing. The collaboration between Aries and ATLAS will address this need and will enhance the international visibility of Japanese journals.

Based in Tokyo, ATLAS was founded in August 1986 and employs a staff of 100. The company has been a leader in scholarly publishing technology and developed the J-STAGE journal hosting platform under contract to JST. This market position means that ATLAS is ideally positioned to market and support the Editorial Manager system in Japan.

Editorial Manager is particularly attractive to Japanese journals because it is highly configurable and can be deployed in weeks. For example, journals can configure editor roles, article types, manuscript data, reviewer forms, submission questions etc. in real time using the system’s web-based interface. The configuration options also make it possible for ATLAS to translate many user-facing web pages and also to offer a dual language interface.

ATLAS will introduce Editorial Manager at a Tokyo seminar during the week of June 8th 2009. The meeting will be attended by Lyndon Holmes, President of Aries, who commented: “ATLAS has long term commitment to publishing technology and clearly understands the needs of scholarly journals. We are delighted that they have identified Editorial Manager as the best solution for Japanese scholarly journals”. Please contact ATLAS at em-sales@atlas.jp to receive a seminar invitation or visit www.edmgr.jp

About Atlas Corporation (www.atlas.jp/english) Atlas Corporation was founded in 1986 as a system developing firm, and has been active in the scholarly publishing system business. It has been a subcontractor of the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) for the J-STAGE electronic journal publishing platform in developing the system and supporting user publishers. It is the only company in Japan specializing scholarly publishing systems. Its office is located in 2F Suitengu-Hokushin Bldg., 1-39-5 Kakigara-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 103-0014 Japan.

Aries Collaborates with Shanghai Company to Promote Editorial Manager in China

April 17, 2009, North Andover, MA. USA Growing interest in Editorial Manager from Chinese publishers and authors has prompted Aries to enter into a collaboration and distribution agreement with Chinese company Asia Pacific Medinfo. The Shanghai-based company will provide local support, training and configuration services with a focus on language localization. Jack Jia, President of Asia Pacific Medinfo said "Using the existing configuration options in Editorial Manager we can localize many of the user-facing pages to support dual-language publishing". Click here to see screenshots.

Editorial Manager Helps Researchers Focus on Ophthalmic Problems of East Africa

March 5, 2009, North Andover, MA. USA The Sudanese Journal of Ophthalmology (SJO) publishes original research, clinical studies and reviews, with a special emphasis on the ophthalmic problems of the Sudan and neighboring regions.

Editorial Manager, already deployed with leading international ophthalmology publications, has now been adopted by the SJO. This means that authors, reviewers and editors can conveniently collaborate on research that will help address the ophthalmic problems of the region.

Commenting on the adoption of Editorial Manager by the SJO, Richard Wynne (Vice President of Sale and Marketing) at Aries said “It’s exciting to see how Software-as-a-Service delivery of research tools enables worldwide collaboration and publication”.

The Sudanese Journal of Ophthalmology (SJO) is published by Sudan Eye Center (SEC) in collaboration with Sudanese Eye Research Group (SERG): www.sudaneyecenter.com/sjo

For submissions to the Sudanese Journal of Ophthalmology visit: www.editorialmanager.com/sjo

EMH Swiss Medical Publisher Ltd. Selects Editorial Manager for Online Peer Review
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February 27, 2009, North Adover, MA.USA - EMH Swiss Medical Publisher Ltd. (Schweizerische Ärzteverlag AG) and Aries Systems Corporation are pleased to announce an agreement to deploy Aries’ Editorial Manager online peer-review system to journals published by EMH.

The project will begin with deployment of Editorial Manager to two of the publisher’s leading journals: Swiss Medical Weekly (SMW) and Kardiovaskulare Medizin. First published in 1871 and indexed in Medline, the Swiss Medical Weekly has recently transitioned to English only Open Access format. The deployment of Editorial Manager will further strengthen the rigorous statistical and peer review already undertaken by the journal.

“We make a point of having our proven editorial workflows precisely mapped. For example, for our weekly editorial meetings by telephone we need a convenient overview of manuscripts under review. Thanks to the open systems architecture of Editorial Manager we are able to configure user views independently at any time” says Dr. Natalie Marty, publication manager at EMH. Editorial Manager configurability means that EMH team members will have access to a restricted area in the system where they can immediately view those articles that feature highly on the agenda.

“The configurable nature of the system will enable EMH to publish in an agile manner without compromising our long tradition of quality,” added Dr. Marty. In this respect, Dr. Marty emphasized other attributes of the Aries solution such as local support and convenient database export facilities.

About EMH – Editores Medicorum Helveticorum: Publisher of female and male doctors

The 1997 founded Schweizerische Ärzteverlag EMH (www.emh.ch) is a joint venture of the Swiss Medical Association FMH and the 1488 founded Basel based Schwabe AG, which is the world’s oldest printing and publishing house. With nine renowned medical journals, a comprehensive online offering as well as its book program, the publisher covers the wide spectrum of topics relevant to medical discussion and constitutes an important player in Swiss health care. All the publishers journals are the official organs of the respective associations.

EMUG 2009 Registration Is Now Open

The seventh annual Editorial Manager User Group (EMUG) meeting has been set for June 18 & 19 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.

Please note that the popular Thursday evening reception has been moved to 5:00 p.m. to allow attendees a chance to explore Cambridge after enjoying cocktails 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 17 and Thursday, June 18. 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. There are a limited number of rooms, so book now!

Registration fee is $150 per attendee.

To register, please visit http://www.editorialmanager.com/homepage/emugregistration.asp

Behavioral and Brain Sciences, a Leading Journal Published by Cambridge University Press, Transitions Editorial Workflow to the Web Using Editorial Manager
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December 31, 2008, North Andover, MA, USA - Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS) was one of several journals pioneering a format known as Open Peer Commentary over 30 years ago. Particularly significant and controversial pieces of work are published from researchers in any area of psychology, neuroscience, behavioral biology or cognitive science, together with 10-25 commentaries on each article from specialists across these disciplines, plus the author's response to them. The result is a fascinating forum for communication and discussion maintained by the careful selection of authors and commentators and refereeing of their contributions. This format anticipated the interactivity of a blog but situated it within the editorial system of an academic journal to maintain high quality. One indication of the success of BBS as an intellectual forum is its consistently high Impact Factor (17.462, JCR 2007 data), ranking BBS top of all 1865 journals in the Social Science Citation Index, as well as at the top of its subject category.

The BBS peer commentary format posed significant challenges for updating its online submission, review and response. After exploring alternative approaches, the online submission system of Editorial Manager, with its multiple configuration options, made successful transition possible.

Drs. Barbara Finlay, Cornell University, and Paul Bloom, Yale University, co-Editors of BBS commented, “Open Peer Commentary is essential to BBS, but is quite unlike the format of most journals. We were pleased that Cambridge identified a system that could be configured to address our needs.”

In the face of growing online competition from Blogs and social networks, the ability for publishers to continue to insist on high quality content while streamlining editorial workflow is a growing imperative. The application of Editorial Manager to the BBS editorial workflow is an example of how Cambridge is leading the way.

About Cambridge University Press:
Cambridge University Press is the publishing division of the University of Cambridge, one of the world’s leading research institutions and winner of 81 Nobel Prizes. Cambridge University Press advances learning, knowledge and research worldwide. It publishes over 230 journals and over 2,500 books a year for distribution in more than 100 countries.

John Benjamins Publishing Selects Editorial Manager for Online Submission and Manuscript Tracking

December 1, 2008, North Andover, MA, USA - John Benjamins Publishing Company (Amsterdam & Philadelphia) has after careful consideration selected Aries’ Editorial Manager as online submission and manuscript tracking solution for its journals. The company, with more than 30 academic journals in linguistics and related fields, considers this a valuable tool for its journal editors, cooperating across the globe. John Benjamins has high expectations of Editorial Manager for the internal and external management of its journals.

American Antiquity is the 3,000th Publication to Go Live with Editorial Manager

October 31, 2008, North Andover, MA, USA - In October 2008, the number of publications using Editorial Manager surpassed 3,000! The journal that helped Aries reach this exciting milestone was American Antiquity, a journal of the Society for American Archaeology.

Based in Washington DC, the Society for American Archaeology is an international association with over 7,000 members "dedicated to the research, interpretation, and protection of the archaeological heritage of the Americas."

We welcome American Antiquity to the growing list of publications using Editorial Manager for online peer review. See American Antiquity's submission site here, or the full list of journals using Aries workflow solutions here.

Dutch Medical Journal Goes Live with Editorial Manager

October 10, 2008, North Andover, MA, USA - The independently published Dutch Journal of Medicine (Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde) reaches more than 28,000 readers every week with clinically relevant articles. Founded in 1857, the journal attracts submissions in medicine and healthcare and applies a rigorous editorial and peer review process.

A key requirement for transitioning to online peer review was the ability to customize author-facing pages to include instructions and hints in Dutch, the native language of most of its contributing authors. The Web-based administration pages in Editorial Manager made this possible without the need for expensive customized software development. With the assistance of Aries’ support staff, the journal office was also able to successfully customize workflows, article types and user roles to reflect the journal’s local needs.

Following the live launch of the submission site on 10 October 2008, Inge de Boer (Project manager for the EM launch) commented, “We were very happy with the possibility to take part in the Gamma testing of EM 6.1. This enabled us to go live with the most up-to-date software, instead of having to update our site within two months of the initial launch. And of course, the Aries support staff has been extremely helpful throughout the process.”

The Dutch Journal of Medicine’s submission site is at the following URL: http://www.edmgr.com/ntvg/

Aries Systems' President, Lyndon Holmes, Co-authors Paper on the History of Online Peer-Review

October 09, 2008, North Andover, MA, USA - 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 in the 1970's to the current dominance of online systems in the scholarly publishing industry.

The full article (DOI: 10.1087/095315108X356734) can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/095315108X356734.

Professional Engineering Publishing Selects Preprint Manager for Journal Production Tracking

September 25, 2008, North Andover, MA, USA - Professional Engineering Publishing (the publishing division of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers) will transition to Web-based production tracking using Preprint Manager from Aries Systems Corporation. Mick Spencer, the Journals Production Manager at PEP, commented, “Manuscript production is mission critical and time sensitive. We selected Aries because they have an established track record delivering reliable and configurable workflow solutions and their offering is backed by a substantial development and support organization.”

Editorial Manger New Release (Version 6.1) Generates Positive Feedback
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September 17, 2008, North Andover, MA, USA - Aries Systems Corporation is pleased to announce the availability of Editorial Manager version 6.1. The functionality added in the new release was informed by hundreds of customer interviews, listserv suggestions, user group workshops and rigorous beta testing.

The new release will have a profoundly beneficial impact on the efficiency and quality of peer review for thousands of scholarly journals. For example, the new "author questionnaire" functionality allows journals to configure article-type and revision-specific author questions. Question responses are available in text, drop-down list, date, check-box and radio-button formats. The author responses to questions are displayed with the manuscript and can be added to the Editorial Manager "transmittal form." Author questionnaires are created and modified by authorized journal staff at any time, and are therefore not subject to the usual cost and delays associated with vendor software change requests. “I adore this tool,” commented one beta tester.

Beta testers also praised several other new features, such as tools for managing journal taxonomy, resulting in improved reviewer selection and editorial content management; new editorial workflow options, which allow editors to propose reviewers for invitation by journal office staff; manuscript linking options; and convenient new methods for inviting authors. Again, the functionality is entirely activated with easy-to-use Web configuration options, requiring no software changes.

“We are constantly thinking about the needs of editors, reviewers and authors,” commented Tony Alves, Director of Product Management. He added, “New features for linking manuscripts, inviting authors and managing letters to the editor are all examples of how Editorial Manager can be used to extend the reach of journals beyond the increasingly competitive domain of original research.”

EDP Sciences Selects Editorial Manager

September 16, 2008, North Andover, MA, USA - EDP Sciences, leading French publisher of more than 50 scientific and technical journals, has chosen Editorial Manager for online peer review.

Catherine Brassac, project manager at EDP Sciences, commented, "Editorial Manger is easy to use and provides unequalled configurability and customer service." Deployment of journals will begin in the winter of 2008.

Aries Systems Corporation Announces Integration with CrossCheck Plagiarism Detection Service
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August 28, 2008, North Andover, MA, USA - Aries Systems Corporation announced today that its Editorial Manager® online manuscript submission and peer review system has been integrated with the CrossCheck plagiarism detection service. CrossCheck technology compares the content of documents against text stored in a growing database of published materials to identify possible instances of plagiarism. CrossCheck is powered by technology from iParadigms, LLC and content from contributing scholarly publishing members of the CrossRef organization.

The Editorial Manager online submission system is used by more than 2,900 scholarly journals and processes tens of thousand of manuscripts per month. Editors and reviewers frequently face the difficult task of assessing manuscript authenticity. Convenient access to CrossCheck from within Editorial Manager workflows adds a powerful tool to help improve editorial integrity. For example, an editor can upload a manuscript to CrossCheck and receive a report that indicates the percentage of text which matches previously published literature.

The initial deployment of CrossCheck within Editorial Manager is available now and is activated free of charge from Aries (CrossCheck fees from CrossRef and iParadigms will apply, however). Subsequent implementations will provide more extensive workflow integration options.

Richard Wynne, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Aries Systems Corporation, commented, “Aries has successfully integrated numerous third-party tools into Editorial Manager workflows, including image checking, reference checking, reference cleanup and smart links to bibliographic databases such as PubMed, Scopus and Google Scholar. The inclusion of access to the CrossCheck service in Editorial Manager workflows will address a frequent request from users that would like tools to assist with plagiarism detection.”

Scholarly Publishers Reach German Authors with Editorial Manager
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July 29, 2008, North Andover, MA, USA - Using the German version of Editorial Manager, leading publishers such as Georg Thieme Verlag, Deutscher Ärzte-Verlag and Hogrefe Verlag have successfully launched online manuscript submission and peer review services specifically tailored to German-speaking authors.

Germany is the world’s third largest source of scholarly manuscripts, and numerous publications focus on the needs of German readers. For this reason, Aries Systems Corporation developed a German language version of its leading online peer review system, Editorial Manager.

When internationalizing Web-based publishing workflow applications such as Editorial Manager, the first challenge is to support language-specific character sets, such as German diacritics. Full compatibility with the Unicode standard (ISO 10646), as provided by Editorial Manager, is essential. While most applications can be modified to display pseudospecial characters, only truly Unicode-compliant systems can store, search and retrieve specialized characters. Without this foundation technology, interface translation is of little value because users cannot access non-Roman and diacritic text characters in a standardized manner.

The second challenge is to appropriately translate colloquial publishing customs and practices. The translation of the Editorial Manager software has been facilitated by Aries Systems’ German office team, based in Langenfeld. Their localized understanding of German publishing culture and close relationship with local publishers ensures that the interface text is not just translated accurately but that it also communicates efficiently and clearly.

The success of this project is reflected in the quality of the publications that have already adopted the German version of Editorial Manager. To see this version in action, please visit any of the following journal submission sites online:

Roswitha Nottebaum, General Manager at Aries Germany, commented “Aries provides robust, multilingual publication workflow solutions. This includes Unicode compliance, translation of support documentation into languages such as German and Chinese, and partnerships with service companies that provide manuscript editing services. Configuration options that are uniquely available in Editorial Manager also make it possible to quickly add data fields for the purpose of storing locally relevant data elements such as multiple language versions of author names. The availability of a German version has made it a lot easier for publishers to get ‘buy in’ from local editors, staff and freelancers.”

Aries Systems Announces Chinese Translations of Editorial Manager User Tutorials
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July 8, 2008, North Andover, MA, USA - Aries Systems Corporation is pleased to announce the availability of Chinese-language Author and Reviewer tutorials for its Editorial Manager peer-review system. Increasingly, scholarly publishers of English-language publications in all disciplines are looking to scientists and researchers in China as a source of high quality manuscripts. The translated tutorials, available free to Editorial Manager users, help Chinese users to better understand the submission and review steps that they will encounter using Editorial Manager. The tutorials include step-by-step Chinese language instruction and are accompanied by illustrative screen displays.

The development of these tutorials reinforces Aries Systems’ commitment to serving the global publishing community. This offering also highlights Aries Systems’ effort to increase its presence among Chinese-speaking Authors and Reviewers in China and elsewhere, as these tutorials help facilitate the process of submitting and reviewing manuscripts via Editorial Manager.

In addition to its Chinese language initiative, Aries Systems has also adapted the entire user interface of Editorial Manager to the German language. Now, German language publications can offer their authors, reviewers and editors a total interface experience in their native language, incorporating all of the extensive, highly configurable Editorial Manager functionality. More than a dozen publications now use the German version of Editorial Manager.

"As publications experience increases in their foreign submissions, the need for instructions and interaction in other languages becomes increasingly important. Publishers using Editorial Manager will now be able to offer their Chinese-speaking Authors and Reviewers intuitive guides to walk them through Editorial Manager," adds Jennifer Fleet, Director of Customer Services at Aries.

The Chinese language tutorials are available for download here.

EMUG 2008 A Great Success

June 25, 2008, North Andover, MA, USA
This year’s Editorial Manager® User Group meeting (EMUG) took place June 12th and 13th in Cambridge, Massachusetts. With the adoption of Editorial Manager by so many journals over the last year, attendance was at record levels. The meeting offered something for everyone – while new users were offered a comprehensive overview in "EM Bootcamp", there were also in depth sessions for more advanced users on using EM in fresh ways. Everyone got the chance to hear about the new features of Version 6.1, share their tips and tricks in the Workaround Workshop and discuss needed enhancements with Aries staff in the Feature Workshop. Plans have already begun for 2009; we hope you will join us at next year’s meeting!

Aries Systems and American Journal Experts Announce Partnership
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May 21, 2008, North Andover, MA, USA - Aries Systems Corporation and American Journal Experts (AJE) are collaborating to make specialized editing services more readily accessible throughout the peer review and production workflows.

The rapid adoption of Editorial Manager® by more than 2,800 scholarly journals has made it convenient for international authors to submit their manuscripts online. Consequently, publishers have experienced dramatic increases in the number of high-quality submissions from non-native English language authors.

Because these articles often require special handling, Aries and AJE are working together to facilitate seamless access to language editing services during editorial and production workflows via direct transmission from Aries’ workflow software to AJE. Authors benefit from convenient access to English language editing of their manuscripts. Publishers, editors and peer reviewers benefit from improved manuscript language quality during workflow.

"AJE’s partnership with Aries will offer a simple solution to publishers struggling to accommodate the editorial demands of an increasing number of manuscripts submitted by non-native English speaking authors. Preprint Manager® and Editorial Manager already allow a simplified workflow through the submission and peer review process — now the option of automatically sending a submission through AJE’s language editing service without leaving Preprint and Editorial Manager will bring enhanced ease of use, convenience and cost savings to the customer," says Mary Anne Baynes, Sales and Marketing Manager at AJE.

"Aries is pleased to provide a software platform which allows the integration of such quality third-party services as those offered by AJE," adds Richard Wynne, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Aries, "partnerships such as these enable our customers to attract superior authors and manuscripts."

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Editorial Manager Support for Office 2007 Activated

April 28, 2008, North Andover, MA, USA - Aries Systems Corporation is pleased to announce the activation of Editorial Manager support for Microsoft Office 2007. This means that "docx" and other Office 2007 file formats are reliably converted to PDF during manuscript submission. Publishers that do not wish to process Office 2007 files can continue to exclude them through a configuration option, in which case an appropriate warning message is displayed to authors.

"Author service is key, so we are delighted that journals using Editorial Manager can accommodate the growing community of authors using Office 2007," said Richard Wynne, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Aries.

Journals with questions concerning support for Office 2007 should contact their publisher or Aries Systems account coordinator.

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Aries Welcomes New Editorial Manager Users

April 23, 2008, North Andover, MA, USA – In early 2008, the number of journals using Editorial Manager rose to over 2,800. Recent new customers include:

  • American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
  • American Society for Engineering Management
  • Colegio Nacional de Opticos-Optometristas de España
  • Geological Society of America
  • King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
  • National Council of Teachers of English
  • Seismological Society of America
  • Society of Glass Technology
  • University of Pennsylvania Press

Thank you and welcome!
[to see a list of all the journals currently using tools from Aries Systems, click here]

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Nature Goes Live with Web-Based Production Tracking
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February 26, 2008, North Andover, MA, USA – After a rigorous period of testing and implementation, the journal Nature went live with Web-based production tracking on February 11, 2008 using Preprint Manager from Aries Systems Corporation.

Although other journals published by Nature Publishing Group (NPG) had been using the system since 2007, the staff of Nature had additional requirements that were not originally part of the software’s functionality. Aries Systems and Nature Publishing Group entered into a trans-Atlantic cooperative development effort that resulted in the successful release of many new features. Innovative aspects of the system implementation include the seamless import of accepted manuscripts from Nature’s peer review system and cross-journal reporting using a mirror server. In addition, the highly configurable architecture of Preprint Manager enables Nature to respond immediately to changing workflow needs.

Nature, the flagship journal of Nature Publishing Group, is published weekly, making precision and efficiency vital concerns throughout the production workflow. The implementation of Preprint Manager has allowed the production staff to improve the efficiency of their operations without compromising the quality of one of the world’s leading scientific journals. It also allows for unprecedented participation by authors in the post-acceptance workflow.

"Improved production tracking for Nature has been an important objective for NPG, and we are delighted that the system has been successfully deployed," says James McQuat, Editorial Production Director of Nature Publishing Group. Aries Systems’ President, Lyndon Holmes adds, "The team at Nature provided invaluable feedback during the development phase and the system is richer and more functional as a result of this interaction."

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Publisher S. Hirzel Verlag Selects Editorial Manager
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January 24, 2008, North Andover, MA, USA - Beginning in early 2008, the flagship journal of S. Hirzel Verlag, Acta Acustica (united with Acustica), will deploy Editorial Manager for online manuscript submission and peer review.

"We waited for the right moment to offer our editors, authors, and reviewers a solution such as Editorial Manager," says Sabine Körner, M.A., who is responsible for contracts and licenses at S. Hirzel Verlag. "We expect to realize significant efficiency and time advantages with a sophisticated system such as the one offered by Aries."

S. Hirzel Verlag was founded in 1853 and is based in Stuttgart, Germany. S. Hirzel Verlag also publishes Zeitschrift für Deutsches Altertum und Deutsche Literatur (ZfDA) and Universitas—Orientierung in der Wissenswelt, in addition to scientific works focused on chemistry, physics, and philosophy, and books with a natural sciences focus.

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About Aries:

Aries Systems transforms the way scholarly publishers bring high-value content to the world. The company’s innovative and forward-looking workflow solutions manage the complexities of modern print and electronic publishing – from submission, to editorial management and peer review, to production tracking and publishing channel distribution. As the publishing environment evolves, Aries Systems is committed to delivering solutions that help publishers and scholars enhance the discovery and dissemination of human knowledge. Publish faster, publish smarter, with Aries Systems.

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