The next time Elsevier's Editorial Manager (#editorialmanager) drives you nuts, please remember: pic.twitter.com/fhV0B7A0GH

— Dr. Saul Goode (@Dr_Saul_Goode) October 17, 2023

The usability of Editorial Manager by @AriesSystems is so bad that I feel actively insulted by @PLOS (and most other publishers).

Continuing to force this garbage fire on editors, reviewers and authors, wasting our time, effort and mental health, is deeply disrespecting.

— Jami Pekkanen (@jampekka) April 27, 2023

Most peer review management systems are publisher-centric rather than user-focused, and developed with an insatiable appetite for complexity. (Developers need to keep the complexity coming or they will lose their jobs.)

It's time for a change. https://t.co/QvWCjqgC1W pic.twitter.com/6trUXxG42s

— Dr. Saul Goode (@Dr_Saul_Goode) October 11, 2023

Really considering no longer reviewing papers for journals that use Editorial Manager. Maybe if we all go on strike they'll fix that awful website. #AcademicChatter #editorialmanager

— Dr. Susanne Brander (@smbrander) July 11, 2022

Journals are leaving Elsevier's Editorial Manager in droves. Taylor & Francis and Springer Nature have joined the exodus. Evidential links can be found on EM's journals list pages and at https://t.co/zYcvx2eXMu. Wiley acquired eJournalPress in December 2021, so their few... pic.twitter.com/R48VOVRwJv

— Dr. Saul Goode (@Dr_Saul_Goode) October 12, 2023

Also, I started the day thinking, yay, let's just submit this paper that is wholly done and complete and ready to go, quick win. FIVE HOURS OF EDITORIAL MANAGER LATER

— Dr Anna Krzywoszynska (@Anna_K_speaking) August 3, 2023

Many scholarly journals and publishers could benefit from having greater respect for the time and effort of their authors and reviewers.

Hours-long manuscript submission processes, agonizing logins, and lengthy review forms are counterproductive. https://t.co/QvWCjqgC1W pic.twitter.com/elfA8icWWh

— Dr. Saul Goode (@Dr_Saul_Goode) October 16, 2023

Every f-ing time Editorial Manager.

Every f-ing time. pic.twitter.com/fRqLKnGuw0

— Duncan McDonnell (@duncanmcdonnell) July 28, 2023

I am seriously about to start declining peer review requests for new journals because it is taking SO much of my time to just access the damn manuscript. I must have dozens of logins and passwords to ScholarOne and all the other platforms. There has to be a better way.

— Dr. Julie Spray (@JulieSeraSpray) August 9, 2023

Authors and reviewers shouldn't be required to maintain accounts with usernames and passwords when using peer review management systems like ScholarOne and Editorial Manager. Most developers wrongly assume that everyone needs to have an account. This unfortunate practice...

— Dr. Saul Goode (@Dr_Saul_Goode) October 13, 2023