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??? Want to learn more about Scholastica's modular scholarly journal publishing software and services? Check out this quick intro: https://lnkd.in/eBMH2QUx Shoutout to our integration partners, including: Crossref, DOAJ, Altmetric, ROR - Research Organization Registry, and Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) #scholarlypublishing #academicpublishing #peerreview #scholcomm

?? Are you looking for a Peer Review System your editors, authors, and reviewers will fall in love with? Learn more about Scholastica's software: https://lnkd.in/g2EuVeDa

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Since partnering with Scholastica, the University of California Press has unified its journal peer review and publishing workflows, saving time and costs. ?? Managing Editor Liba Hladik discusses how ? https://lnkd.in/etkThEyW

? Scholastica user spotlight: Congrats to the team at Mainsheet on winning an Award of Merit from the Connecticut League of Museums!

?? Greater editorial productivity awaits! This #JournalTipsTuesday, we're covering questions every e-board should ask to determine if their peer review process is as efficient as it could be. Let's get to it! ? Are authors and reviewers experiencing delays? This first question is a big one! And the most direct way to find out is to ASK. Consider sending an optional brief 2-question survey to authors and reviewers after their submission or manuscript assignment is complete, inviting them to rate the ease of the process on a scale of 1-5 with the option to include an open-ended response to provide more detail. You can also meet with your editorial team to bullet out common causes for author and/or reviewer confusion that you've heard. From there, work to identify problem areas and get to their root to prevent them from happening. For example, are authors struggling to find your submission system? It may be time to add a more prominent "submit now" button to your website. Are authors forgetting to attach files to manuscripts? Consider making file uploads required fields for completing a submission. ?? Do you have too many peer review steps? The best way to spot unnecessary steps in peer review is to outline your process and consider whether anything seems excessive or redundant. For example: - Are there technical checks before the 1st round of review that you could push back (e.g., to avoid editors spending so much time on submissions that may get rejected)? - Are there manuscript formatting steps you could cut? (For example, could you automate citation normalization so editors and authors don't have to worry about it?) - Are editors spending a lot of time on recurring tasks like sending manuscript assignments or organizing files — and, if so, could any of those steps be automated with software? ?? Can you get a birds-eye view of where editorial tasks stand? Finally, another area where many journals struggle with efficiency is allocating work among editors and keeping tabs on editorial performance. The first step to address such concerns is ensuring you have clearly defined team member roles so everyone knows what's expected of them. From there, we recommend adopting shared task management tools (for example, journals using Scholastica's Peer Review System can assign and track tasks using ToDos) and tracking journal performance analytics. Key performance indicators to focus on include: ? The number of manuscripts assigned to each editor ? Editor assignment speed ? Time to decision by editor From there, regularly review your KPIs to ensure you're allocating work fairly and that everyone is completing their tasks on time. ?? Wrap up We hope these questions serve as a helpful starting point for evaluating your peer review process and finding ways to save time. Have additional suggestions? Let us know in the comments! ?? #ScholarlyPublishing #PeerReview

Did you know publishers using Scholastica's Peer Review System for their journals can integrate it with Copyright Clearance Center (CCC)'s RightsLink solution to automate Open Access publication fee management? Here's how it works. ?? https://bit.ly/3wicHvz

"Can I send files from the Scholastica Peer Review System to an external production or hosting service via an FTP server?" The answer is yes! Learn more ?? https://lnkd.in/e_rjE8vy

?? We welcome the Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, published by The University of California Press, to the Scholastica community (now using our peer review system)! The journal is led by EIC David Feltmate. Learn more and submit here: https://lnkd.in/euG-qF3J

Alicea Hibbard, MHA, chronicles an impactful example of how Indigenous knowledge can help advance scholarship and why it's critical to work with local communities (well worth a read!) ?