Online submission system provider Aries Systems Corporation, US, has announced that it has entered into a multi-year distribution agreement with ATLAS Co. Ltd, Japan. Under the terms of the agreement ATLAS will market and support Aries' Editorial Manager submission and peer review system in Japan. ATLAS will introduce Editorial Manager at a Tokyo seminar from June 8, 2009.
Editorial Manager is currently deployed to more than 3,200 publications. 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.
Editorial Manager is particularly attractive to Japanese journals. 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.
