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Our solutions are used by over 8,500 publications and millions of registered users worldwide.</Description><OtherInformation>Aries Systems is headquartered in North Andover, Massachusetts, with global staff in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Aries Systems was acquired by Elsevier in September 2018.</OtherInformation><StrategicPlanCore><Organization><Name>Aries Systems Corporation</Name><Acronym>ASC</Acronym><Identifier>_903e452e-f701-11eb-9c1e-291a2383ea00</Identifier><Description/><Stakeholder><Name/><Description/></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Organization"><Name>Elsevier</Name><Description/></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Generic_Group"><Name>Aries Industry Advisory Board</Name><Description>The Aries Industry Advisory Board (AIAB) was convened following the Elsevier acquisition of Aries Systems Corporation in September 2018. The Board aims to provide insight and recommendations on third-party data security audits and other relevant topics. Aries hosts bi-annual board meetings in the U.S. and Europe.</Description></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Generic_Group"><Name>Aries Partners</Name><Description>Strategic industry collaborations for enhanced workflow solutions ~ At Aries, we recognize that successful peer review, production and distribution of scholarly literature requires the co-operation of many independent vendors, and that no single company can optimally provide all of these services to a publisher or scholarly organization. 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Delivered.</Description></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Organization"><Name>Society for Scholarly Publishing</Name><Description/></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Organization"><Name>STM</Name><Description/></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Organization"><Name>xmlink</Name><Description/></Stakeholder></Organization><Vision><Description>Delivery of high-value content through the power of innovative technologies.</Description><Identifier>_903e4830-f701-11eb-9c1e-291a2383ea00</Identifier></Vision><Mission><Description>To help disseminate human knowledge on a global scale through our highly customizable, flexible, and innovative workflow solutions.</Description><Identifier>_903e4952-f701-11eb-9c1e-291a2383ea00</Identifier></Mission><Value><Name/><Description/></Value><Goal><Name>Editing</Name><Description>Streamline communication between Authors, Editors and Reviewers throughout the peer review process</Description><Identifier>_903e4ab0-f701-11eb-9c1e-291a2383ea00</Identifier><SequenceIndicator>1</SequenceIndicator><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Generic_Group"><Name>Authors</Name><Description/></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Generic_Group"><Name>Editors</Name><Description/></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Generic_Group"><Name>Reviewers</Name><Description/></Stakeholder><OtherInformation>Editorial Manager® ~ The leading, cloud-based manuscript submission and peer-review tracking system for scholarly journals, reference works, books and other publications. | Editorial Manager (EM) is a highly configurable workflow management system optimized to streamline communication between Authors, Editors and Reviewers throughout the peer review process. Authors submit manuscript files and metadata into EM and act on revision requests. Editors use the system to review submissions, assign Reviewers, and make/communicate decisions to accept, revise, transfer or reject manuscripts. 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