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Peer Review Management

At PA EDitorial, we have earned our exceptional reputation by going above and beyond to provide a truly outstanding, personalised service for each of our clients.

Some of the world’s most well-known academic publishing houses trust PA EDitorial to manage their journals. They know that our broad experience and ability to transform problematic journals with efficient workflows means they can concentrate on the research while we deliver a smooth-running operation.

We specialise in peer review management and offer our clients the highest level of support by developing intricate but effective workflows while adapting easily to the preferences and work styles of a wide range of clients.

Our Peer Review Services

Tier 1 - Peer Review Management

Our bread and butter – providing full peer review management to academic journals, right through from author enquiry or submission to final decision. We liaise with and support all journal contributors throughout the process, including mailbox management, reporting, reviewer sourcing and much more.

Tier 2 - Managing Editor Support

Providing editorial offices with a higher level of support, working with teams to launch a new title from scratch, or working with existing journals in the following areas: editorial board meetings, issue compilation, supervision of journal editorial offices and or third-party suppliers, submission system optimisation, submission system site reviews, regular quality checks, plagiarism assessment etc.

Tier 3 - EDiTech Service

A service focused on a specific project, giving clients the flexibility to bring in an experienced pair of hands to particular assignments within their business or a within a targeted area of a journal’s workflow. We are committed to helping each of our clients get back on track and moving in the right direction.

Our Team

We’re a team of over 40 highly experienced managing editors specialising in peer review management. We offer the highest level of support by developing intricate but effective workflows while adapting easily to the preferences and work styles of a wide range of clients.

Our team provide support, quality management and escalation points for all journal teams and publishers.

They have:

  • Expert knowledge of various submission systems, ScholarOne manuscripts and Editorial Manager, including setup and configuration
  • A detailed understanding of supporting Society Titles, including FEMS, EACTS, EHJ, ISCB and many more

Our Team's Capabilities

  • Action submissions within 48 hours
  • Administer the journal mailbox – responding to questions and queries within 24 hours (excluding holidays and weekends)
  • Assist authors, reviewers and editors
  • Ensure action is taken every week using the overdue manuscripts report
  • Invite submissions
  • Keeping track of submissions
  • Manage copyright transfer agreements
  • Manage new submissions (original, revised and resubmitted)
  • Offer technical support to all journal contributors
  • Provide in-house holiday cover
  • Provide journal reporting: annual, monthly and ad hoc reports
  • Have first-hand experience using WoS, iThenticate and UAR
  • Support editors to create and deliver each issue’s table of contents
  • Take online and telephone meetings
  • Undertake day-to-day peer-review journal management
  • Engage in long-standing publisher contracts, proving loyalty, service satisfaction, dedication and experience

Our Commitment

Our flexibility means we can work with publishers and journals, creating bespoke packages to suit every need.

As a result, our business is adaptable and able to accommodate projects of all sizes.

To assist all journal contributors, we have compiled some handy tips:

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System Support Services

Our team have expert knowledge of ScholarOne Editorial Manager, EJournalPress, OJS, EES, Evise and PXP.

Some of the world’s most well-known academic publishing houses trust PA EDitorial to manage their journals. They know that our broad experience and ability to transform problematic journals with efficient workflows means that they can concentrate on the research while we deliver a smooth-running operation.

Our team have migrated several journals, with either partial or no previous use of peer-review submission systems, to a new submission platform. In addition, we have assisted publishers in moving journals from an existing platform to a mainstream or bespoke platform.

Our senior team undertake regular site reviews on each journal managed by PA EDitorial. This provides them with excellent, in-depth knowledge of all the hundreds of different workflow options each journal chooses to utilise. In turn, this gives us the knowledge and understanding needed to provide our clients with the relevant system support.

Submission Systems

If you already have editorial support in place but need additional help with your submission systems, our team can step in and provide a site review. We will run through a well-established list of checks and questions and assist your journal team in implementing the most efficient workflow. Further to this, we can provide submission system configuration assistance.

Get in touch for more details or provide us with your exact requirements so we can help you establish the best way forward.

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Copyediting & Proofreading

We want all our clients to experience an impressive level of professionalism when working with PA EDitorial Ltd. So, whether you are a business or a private client, all our services exist to make your life easier and stress-free.

You can trust us to supply you with the best results and top-quality client service.

For this reason, we developed a team of highly experienced copyeditors and proofreaders who work with our clients on a range of projects and journals. In addition, we offer bespoke services, where copyediting can range from a light touch to maintain the author’s voice to a more substantive edit that focuses on the structure and provides more substantial additions to the text.

Often, clients will be unsure which kind of editing they may need, so we’ve put together a brief explanation below.

Copyediting

Copyediting is when you get your raw material ready for publication, either in print or digitally. It covers a much broader range of issues with a lot more depth than proofreading and should always come before the proofreading stage. It removes distractions and ensures your work reads well, is accurate, consistent, and suitable for your intended audience.

Our copyeditors pick up on issues such as:

  • Correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation
  • Consistency in writing, word choices, and style
  • Compositional spacing
  • Jargon and repetition
  • Inappropriate verb tenses
  • Subject-verb agreement
  • Transitional phrasing
  • Continuity and flow of thoughts
  • Written support of statements
  • Correct formatting of citations and references
  • Correct formatting of footnotes
  • Industry and house style guides
Copyeditors check the nuts and bolts of your work and make numerous and significant decisions that keep your reader smoothly journeying through your words.

Proofreading

Proofreading is the final stage your work goes through before it goes live online or to print.

It’s the last step in ensuring your work looks and reads just as intended.

Our proofreaders will work with you to make sure that what you present to your reader is a professional representation of you, the author, and your work.

Our team will look for errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation.
They hunt out the inconsistencies, as well as any layout and stylistic mistakes, such as:

  • Grammar
  • Spelling
  • Punctuation
  • Capitalisation
  • Sentence structure
  • Word choice
  • Academic style
  • Academic tone
  • Repetition
  • Verb tense
  • Correct use of UK English
Proofreading is about finalising your work to ensure it is polished and professional. It comes at the end of the writing process and is the ultimate and final check before your work is released into the world.

Project Management

Many publishers are choosing to introduce different layers of support. That’s why, here at PA EDitorial, we provide the EDiTech Service – keeping your journals moving.

Whether you’re an editor of a single journal or a global publisher, we understand that organising – and corresponding with – all the different departments that need to work together to produce a journal on time can be a huge task. Our EDiTech Service ensures the peer review process runs as smoothly as possible.

What We Do

  • Provide submission site reviews
  • Submission system maintenance
  • Invite submissions
  • Manage special and thematic issues
  • Day-to-day peer review journal management
  • Administering the journal mailbox (responding to questions and queries)
  • Conduct video and telephone meetings where needed, particularly when offering support and training
  • Source and invite peer reviewers
  • Conduct journal reporting (annual, monthly and ad hoc reports)
  • Manage book reviews
  • Offer editor training​
  • Managing new submissions (original, revised and resubmitted)
  • Assisting editors, authors and reviewers
  • Experience using Moodle, Asana, TEAMS and various other management systems

Proofreading is about finalising your work to ensure it is polished and professional. It comes at the end of the writing process and is the ultimate and final check before your work is released into the world.

Journal Launch Services

With a team of expert publishers on board, we are able to support you with the launch of your first journal.

Journal Launch: Case Study

PA EDitorial Ltd was approached by The Delirium Society (a society where members regularly submit and publish manuscripts to various medical journals), which didn’t have the option to submit their manuscripts to a journal specifically dedicated to Delirium.

They wanted to establish a pair of journals – one selective, one inclusive – to respectively increase the quality and quantity of knowledge in the field. The journals aimed to be continuously published online, with open access but modest APCs. Their ambition was to pass savings to authors and lower barriers to publication.

The Delirium Society recruited 30 of its members to join their editorial board, who would be able to represent the diversity of the professional backgrounds and practice settings.

Our team guided and assisted them throughout the journal launch process, taking them every step of the way to their launch date.

The journals were successfully launched simultaneously on 15 March 2022:
If you are interested in launching a new journal, we would love to help.
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Reporting Services

Reporting, spreadsheets and data are necessary, essential and significantly help publishers and editorial boards understand what is happening with their journals.

However, here at PA EDitorial, we know that undertaking such processes isn’t for everyone. So, to support our clients further, we introduced a dedicated reporting specialist to our team.

Our team have all the essential skills and training to create reports for our clients, especially those with other journal priorities, but it is PA Editorial’s Reporting Manager who has created hundreds of straightforward and accessible reports for our journals, whether they be annual or quarterly status reports, ad hoc reports for special issues, submission information or editor assessments and bespoke reports tailored to the needs of our clients.

Giving You Back Your Time

PA EDitorial can provide reports on almost anything you need (system allowing), yet we don’t need to manage your journal to create them: we can pop into your system, create the reports, and pop back out again.

If you require specific information for your journal and don’t have the time to learn how to use reporting tools such as Cognos (the editorial managers reporting tool), get in touch, and we will be able to help.

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