PEER REVIEW
Editors, Authors, and Reviewers Matter.
From manuscript submission to acceptance
Our team helps you set up, prioritize, and create effective workflows based on industry standards for smooth editorial office management. We work with you to choose the best peer review platform for your needs, improve processing times, and boost submissions.
Our client list includes associations, societies, and commercial publishers, and our team of in-house editors is ready to respond to your editorial support needs. We also provide temporary staff coverage for office personnel absences.
Technica believes that communication is key in peer review. We work hard to ensure that every editor, author, and reviewer experience is a positive one!
PEER REVIEW MANAGEMENT
We provide expert support throughout the peer review process, from submission to final decision.
Daily monitoring of the dashboard and inbox of assigned Editors
- Answer editor, author, reviewer, and publisher queries professionally and promptly
- Ensure review-ready files at submission and production-ready files at acceptance
- Process new submissions and work with the editor to invite reviewers
- Drive and monitor the review process to ensure that KPIs related to time-to-first-decision and acceptance are met
- Streamline and innovate processes
- Fulfill reporting requirements as requested
- Implement invited workflows and build special topic/themed issues and solicit content
Provide seamless temporary staff coverage for office personnel absences
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Editorial Office Support
Technica helps editors optimize their journal and project workflows to ensure manuscripts are handled efficiently.
- Onboard, train, and provide continuing education to editors per individual editor communication preferences
- Establish a strong support role with editors, production, and journal or book staff
- Develop and maintain documentation/best practices as well as stay current on platform functionalities and journal policies
- Assist with reviewer research and COI conflicts as well as appeals and COPE issues
- Participate in board meetings, contributing as requested by the Editor-in-Chief
- Contribute to social media strategy
- Identify and resolve recurring issues
System Migration
Given the breadth of our client portfolio, we are familiar with all major peer review platforms. Let our experts help you select the best and most cost-effective option.
- Migrate existing journal workflows to optimal peer review platform
- Adapt and fully train on your proprietary peer review software as needed
- Formalize and streamline peer review processes by upgrading to premium workflow management systems
- Expert users of ScholarOne, Editorial Manager, Scholastica, Manuscript Manager, eJournal Press, and OJS
- Assess features of major commercial platforms and recommend options based on your needs
- Stay up to date on platform trends and new functionalities as they become available
Journal Performance Improvement
Technica’s extensive knowledge of the industry means we know which KPIs matter most for future growth of your journal.
- Generate and analyze journal reports of key metrics and identify opportunities for growth
- Recommend improvements to workflow, prioritizing those with the greatest ROI
- Identify and resolve inefficiencies to cut unnecessary labor costs
- Diagnose bottlenecks or areas for improvement
- Suggest specific roles and procedures to execute the client’s strategy
- Design plan for rolling out workflow improvements based on client-defined SMART goals
- Help build and maintain social media strategy
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Clients and Partners
Clients and Partners
Oxford University Press
American Chemical Society
British Medical Journal
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Society for Mass Spectroscopy
RTI International
Thomson Reuters
Society of Petroleum Engineers
Kaiser Permanente
Nova Techset
International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery
Council on Undergraduate Research
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Society of Investigative Dermatology
Exeter Premedia