One of the key benefits of DataSalon’s PaperStack service is the ability to report across all your journals in one place. This month, we look in more detail at just what this means for PaperStack users.
Time savings
Different journals may have different databases in your submissions management system, and you may even use more than one system. PaperStack’s out-of-the box support for direct API integration with both ScholarOne and Aries Editorial Manager means the data required for reporting and analysis can be collected automatically, saving the time which would otherwise be spent creating and running a whole set of export reports.
Consistent analysis
Manual exporting of data is open to human error, and especially when creating a whole set of exports it’s easy for them to end up varying from one another in small ways, leading to discrepancies in the figures reported. Our automated processes mean that charts are based on the exact same criteria for each journal.
Easy benchmarking
As well as showing overall cross-journal figures, PaperStack reports can be broken down or filtered by journal, subject, and many other criteria, so that the performance of a particular journal can be compared with that of all journals in your publishing portfolio, journals in the same subject area, or any other set you wish to benchmark against.
Complete picture
PaperStack shows all activity by a particular author, reviewer, organization or funder across all journals. So, for example, an editor with no personal experience of working with a reviewer can benefit from the experience of other editors by viewing the reviewer’s ‘scorecard’, a handy summary of their past performance on other journals.
Straightforward management reporting
PaperStack offers a full suite of ready-made reports, giving managers easy access to key insights into the overall efficiency of their publishing programme, without requiring specialist knowledge of the systems the data comes from.
In summary, PaperStack’s cross-journal approach means simple to set up, reliable reporting that provides complete insights and comparisons across your entire publishing programme. To find out more, please get in touch to request a demo.
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