THOMSON SCIENTIFIC DELIVERS TOOLS TO SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION MANAGEMENT
Philadelphia, PA USA, London UK - January 19, 2007 — Thomson Scientific, part of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) and leading provider of information solutions to the worldwide research and business communities, today announced the initial release of the Manuscript Management Toolset. These tools integrate elements of ScholarOne Manuscript Central™ with Web of Science® and EndNote® from Thomson Scientific, making it possible for authors to create their manuscript in EndNote and seamlessly submit it for review using Manuscript Central. This is the first phase of a program that provides authors, editors and reviewers with tools to enhance each stage of the manuscript review process, leveraging the expertise of Thomson Scientific and the experience of the publishing community, including Blackwell Publishing, the pilot partner in this initiative.
The Toolset will also give reviewers and editors using Manuscript Central direct one-click access from the manuscripts to times cited, related records, and links to full record files in Web of Science, making the review process more efficient. New task-focused tools developed for Manuscript Central will interact in real time with the Web of Science, so editors can easily find reviewers and check references for completeness and reviewers can place an author's new work in its entire research context with a single click.Blackwell Publishing will support this release by enabling a select group of their journals to take advantage of the new tools to accept and manage manuscript submissions through Manuscript Central. All of ScholarOne's other publishing clients will soon be able to benefit from these tools as well.
"Thomson Scientific is delighted to have the opportunity to expedite the publishing process by integrating the EndNote authoring tools, ISI Web of KnowledgeSM information resources, and ScholarOne's Manuscript Central for a complete workflow solution," said Keith MacGregor, executive vice president of Academic and Government Markets at Thomson Scientific. MacGregor added: "We look forward to building on this collaboration to deliver valuable tools for authors and publishers throughout the publishing community."
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