Research Solutions, Inc., a pioneer in providing cloud-based solutions for scientific research, and its wholly-owned subsidiary Reprints Desk, have announced the launch of a new version of the company’s Article Galaxy research platform. New features include full mobile responsiveness, design enhancements, an improved order history page, and the introduction of an ecosystem of gadgets – powerful apps that allow for sophisticated data augmentation of content.
The new Article Galaxy platform version has been introduced to selected customers in a phased approach starting on March 24, 2017. Initially, migration is optional and Reprints Desk will continue to support the current legacy platform until September 1st, 2017. Any existing order options used by customers today – such as IP and browser-based orders, online orders via www.reprintsdesk.com, email, OpenURL integration, and APIs interfaces – will not change.
The new Article Galaxy platform delivers a completely redesigned user interface with more friendly navigation capabilities, an enhanced technology infrastructure, improved order history and new functionalities, enabling quick look up of re-use rights, availability options and online mentions of journal articles. Features include: Enhanced Order Forms – easier and faster document orders; Improved Order History – filter, sort, search and download, all in one place; Re-Use Rights Check – view re-use rights information from anywhere in the system; Article Explorer – availability options, Altmetric scores and cited-by references at a glance; and Full Mobile Responsiveness.
The new Article Galaxy platform’s switch from multi-page applications to single page applications allows for faster response times, improved user experience and full mobile responsiveness across devices for seamless use on smart phones and tablets.
Debuting in this new version of the Article Galaxy platform, Reprints Desk’s ecosystem of gadgets will securely gather and enhance data from a variety of formats, such as bibliographic citations, table of contents and RSS feeds, PDF files, XML feeds, web content, and much more. An alternative to manual data filtering and extraction, gadgets are powerful apps capable of performing a particular function such as identifying protein structures from bibliographic information and instantly surfacing 3-D visuals, saving time for users and making data dramatically more usable.
Gadgets can be dragged and dropped across the user’s screen, removed if desired, and customised in a matter of minutes. The first flagship gadgets include: Order Documents – quickly opens the order form to order any documents; View Order History – instantly provides order information at a glance; Get Help – rapidly accesses customer support form for help requests; 3-D Protein Viewer – visualizes protein structures extracted from any bibliographic citation; Journal TOC – follows the newest journal articles in 24,000 publications; Trending Articles – tracks the most popular scientific papers based on Altmetric scores; Article Galaxy Widget Installer – enables one-click access to 70+ discovery sites; Product News – helps you to follow any product mentioned online.
Many more gadgets for a multitude of functions will be deployed in the future and can be custom-developed on-demand by Reprints Desk within days.
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