by Peter Okholm | Feb 2, 2022 | Best Practices, Editorial Office, Tips for editors
Optimize database performance by merging duplicate accounts Merging duplicate accounts is a valuable way to maintain the integrity of your peer review system database. Don’t ignore those alerts! The journal database Peer reviewed journals publish hundreds if...
by Peter Okholm | Jan 5, 2022 | Best Practices, Editorial Office, Tips for editors
The fine art of journal workflow management Make sure your peer review system is properly configured for your unique journal workflow. Here’s how to stay on top of your setup to keep things running smoothly Workflow management – the key to a successful...
by Peter Okholm | Nov 17, 2021 | Best Practices, Editorial Office, Peer Review, Tips for editors
The Efficient Peer Review Journal The efficient peer review journal has an administrator who proactively takes action to streamline processes, update info and more. We all know that running a peer review journal is complicated. Sounds simple, but it’s not. Any...
by Peter Okholm | Nov 15, 2017 | Best Practices, Peer Review, Tips for editors
The Reviewer experience Peer review is the key to maintaining the high academic standards of our scholarly journals, yet how often do we think about the external reviewer experience”? Let’s take a look at the peer reviewer experience and be sure that we are...
by Peter Okholm | Nov 9, 2017 | Best Practices, Peer Review, Tips for editors
Registering areas of expertise Registering Areas of Expertise External reviewers all have specific areas of expertise, but how they are registered can have a big impact on both the journal and the reviewer experience. Valuable contributors The peer...
by Peter Okholm | Nov 1, 2017 | Best Practices, Peer Review, Tips for editors
Checking for plagiarism Considerations when checking for plagiarism As an editor, when is it worth your while to check for plagiarism and when is intuitive screening enough? Online plagiarism tools can be extremely useful, but does every manuscript need to be...
