EJMS for Peer-Review

EJMS: more than just a codebase

Added-value quality content is built on a solid peer-review. When maintaining the journal authority, it often takes effort and attention for the editor to organize the peer-review process. Whether you are a small or medium STM publisher, the need to automate organizational peer-review processes is vital. VTeX offers EJMS – simple, convenient, time-saving, and adaptable software for all types of publishers for efficient peer-review process management.

Meet Electronic Journal Management System (EJMS) – the web-based work organization system for Editorial board to manage submissions, communication, and track peer-review process. EJMS is offered to Editorial Boards in order to increase the efficiency of the peer-review process. Options for reporting and history keeping allow an increase in productivity, at the same time streamlining the entire peer-review process. Designed for STM publishers, EJMS benefits both editors and referees as time-saving software, which creates a viable work system with minimal complexity. Keep your peer-review process organized and significantly reduce turnaround time with EJMS.

We use Electronic Journal Management System for 4 years. EJMS is useful and easy to work with. The system is very flexible since VTeX adjusted functionality which was requested by us.

Prof. Kęstutis Kubilius, Co-editor-in-chief at VMSTA journal

The Institute of Mathematical Statistics has partnered with VTeX for over 15 years on several services for our journals including the Electronic Journal Management System (EJMS) and typesetting. EJMS is the backbone for all 15 journals that IMS manages. Our editors find it user-friendly and helpful in managing their workloads. VTeX’s service throughout the years has been responsive and extremely effective. We cannot recommend them highly enough.

Elyse Gustafson, Executive Director, Institute of Mathematical Statistics

How does EJMS benefit scholar societies and institutions?

Time-saving communication management

The quality peer-review process is based on communication. A built-in communication system in EJMS allows Editors to send e-mails just with a few clicks. With EJMS, keep peer-review communication organized throughout the many stages of the process and catch bottlenecks before they occur.

Peer-review tracking

Visible peer-review progress helps to synchronize and balance workload. With EJMS, track all the manuscripts in peer-review in one place without writing many e-mails to reviewers, and make quicker decisions.

Equivalent workload management

Avoid referees being overloaded with a manuscript that needs review. With EJMS, easily allocate and track the number of manuscripts that each referee has.

EJMS features

User-friendly EJMS navigation is intuitive and easy. EJMS contains essential functionalities for every role:

Allows authors to register to submit and track their manuscripts’ evaluation and revision progress online.
Allows editors to manage all peer review process online.
Allows associate editors to track and manage the progress of referee review tasks and make recommendation decisions online.
Enables referees to upload their review reports and comments.
Allows the editor’s assistant to simulate any action of users who do not want to use the system.

It’s worth mentioning that new features and adaptation can be arranged for journal workflow needs.

EJMS supports automatic author notifications informing the stage of paper in peer-review. EJMS uses email to communicate with authors, associate editors, and referees. Thus, EJMS reduces Editorial Office shipping costs and peer review turn-around time. Real fact: more than 60,000 articles have been submitted and processed with EJMS

VTeX — your partner in science publishing

At VTeX, we are aware of the problems that editors are facing and we are here to assist. Our vision is to become leading service providers in STM publishing fields with the highest service quality assurance, where the social responsibility is the core value of our management philosophy.

We help to spread innovation in the field of publishing over the scientific community as well as provide technical assistance and tools for disseminating scientific knowledge. If you are interested in making your publishing processes more efficient, contact us and we will provide services according to your journal requirements.

How to order our services?

1 We get the query
2 Together we specify the needed services
3 We offer the prices
4 Together we test the workflow
5 Together we start a successful partnership

Frequently asked questions

What EJMS is used for?

EJMS is designed for small and medium STM publishers to organize the work system in order to increase the efficiency of the peer-review process.

How can I try EJMS?

Please contact us and request a session for a live demo and we will provide necessary information regarding the software functionalities.

How many editorial roles does EJMS support?

EJMS functionalities support 4 role levels in the publishing process: Editor In Chief, Associate Editor, Editor, Referee.

In which format can I upload the manuscript to EJMS?

Content in the EJMS work system for publishing is available in two formats: PDF and MS Word. Both of these formats are available to be uploaded to the system.

Can EJMS detect plagiarism?

Yes. EJMS supports iThenticate - an effective tool for detecting plagiarism. iThenticate is implemented in EJMS and is made easy to use. If you are interested in trying EJMS, request live demo and we will be happy to guide you through this process.