Case Study: American Gastroenterological Association achieves faster manuscript turnaround with Aries Systems Editorial Manager

American Gastroenterological Association - Customer Case Study

The American Gastroenterological Association’s AGA Institute needed a faster, more flexible peer review system for its leading journals, Gastroenterology and Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Its legacy tracking software was slow, inflexible, and difficult to support, creating pressure to improve turnaround time, archiving, and global access for authors, reviewers, and editors. Aries Systems provided the web-based Editorial Manager manuscript submission and peer review platform.

Aries Systems helped AGA Institute migrate to Editorial Manager after a careful transition that included side-by-side testing, staff training, and customization to fit the journals’ workflow. The new system improved reliability and ease of use, sped manuscript processing by one to two days, and reduced average time from submission to decision to 25 days. AGA also reported stronger support, better workflow efficiency, and a very positive overall impact on journal competitiveness.

American Gastroenterological Association

Erin Dubnansky

Director of Editorial Services