System and method for publishing manuscripts

• US 7,263,655 B1
• Filed: 05/22/2000
• Issued: 08/28/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Camelot UK Bidco Limited (Clarivate Plc)
• Original Assignee: Thomson Scientific, Inc.
• Inventors: Carden, William T. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Herndon; Heather R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): HILLERY, NATHAN
• Application Number:
  US09/576,386
• Time in Patent Office: 2,654 Days
• Field of Search: 715/511, 715/530, 715/500.1
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/151 Transformation

Abstract

A publishing system includes a database that is adapted to store a plurality of documents, a plurality of computers, each of which is adapted to be coupled to the database; a network connecting the plurality of computers together for communication of data relating to the plurality of documents among the plurality of computers and the database, means for submitting a new document to the database, means for reviewing the new document, means for relating the new document to the plurality of documents, and means for publishing a journal of a selected portion of the plurality of documents. The plurality of computers includes a server and a plurality of clients, and the server is a web server with the plurality of clients each further including a browser.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for managing and reviewing documents, said method:

providing a submission module to enable a submitter to provide a submission for publication consideration to the system providing an administrative module to enable administration of the system, providing a chair module to enable delegation of review and approval of the submission, providing a review module to enable review of the submission, and providing a planning module to enable scheduling a presentation relating to content of said submission during said meeting characterized in that said submission module being adapted to upload text and graphics, accept flexible submission file formats, produce at least one selectable output format of said submission, produce complete proofs of said submission for user approval, shield an identity of at least one reviewer from said submitter of said submission, capture data to facilitate a peer review process, enable immediate review of said submission, display submission status at any time, and generate automatic email correspondence;

said administrative module being adapted to search a database and display results, track said submission, track author data, track reviewer and chairperson data and performance, track decisions, automatically notify late reviewers/chairpersons, grant or change user permissions, and download said submission for editing and production;

said chair module being adapted to display full text and graphics for review of said submission, enter accept/reject/revise decisions into the database at any stage, search for and select reviewers from the database, view reviewer history and current workload, invite reviewers to review all aspects of said submission, add comments/notes to said submission, and generate automatic email correspondence;

said review module being adapted to provide all aspects of said submission to said reviewer for peer review, provide a common score sheet specific to a meeting to an chairperson, and enable entry of accept/reject/revise recommendations for said submission into the database.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said providing an administrator module step further comprises:

receiving order decisions that provide at least an arrangement for said manuscript in at least one publication; and

determining contents of said at least one publication based on said order decisions.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said manuscript includes data in the form of text, images, graphics, or multimedia.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein when said plurality of submissions includes correspondence having at least one of information about an author, subject matter of said manuscript, proposed publication dates, or proposed publications.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said providing a chair module further comprising enabling a chairperson to at least one of add delete, change or select reviewers from the database by at least one of said plurality of clients.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein a computer system automatically produces a list of reviewers from said database.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said reviewers are based on qualifying criteria, wherein said qualifying criteria includes at least one of (i) a reviewer'"'"'s area of specialty, (ii) a reviewer'"'"'s prior review history, (iii) a reviewer'"'"'s professional associations, (iv) a reviewer'"'"'s availability, or (v) said author'"'"'s preference for or against at least one reviewer.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said computer system providing a submission module step requires authentication of identity from at least one of a plurality of clients.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said providing a manuscript step requires at least one of identification or authentication.

10. The method of claim 1, said receiving providing a review module step further comprises:

receiving a revision to said manuscript, wherein the author of said manuscript provided said revision based on said received at least one review; and

providing said revision to at least one reviewer for additional review.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a plurality of clients access to said modules via at least one of the Internet, an extranet, or an intranet.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein said providing a review module step further comprising reporting acceptability information compiled from a received at least one review.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein an identity of said author and at least one reviewer are not provided with said manuscript to at least one of a plurality of clients.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein an identity of an author and at least one reviewer who agrees to review said manuscript are not provided to at least one of a plurality of clients.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein said providing an administrative module step further comprises providing access to predetermined content of said manuscript.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising publishing predetermined content from said database.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising enabling receipt of said submission in a plurality of different formats.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the review module further comprises enabling multiple reviewers to review all aspects of said submission simultaneously.

19. The method of claim 1, further comprising shielding an identity of said author from at least one reviewer.

20. A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium including control logic stored therein, said control logic enabling management and review of documents, said control logic, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to carry out steps comprising:

providing a submission module to enable a submitter to provide a submission to the system, providing an administrative module to enable administration of the system, providing a chair module to enable delegation of review and approval of the submission, providing a review module to enable review of all aspects of the submission, providing a planning module to enable scheduling a presentation relating to content of said submission during said meeting characterized in that said submission module being adapted to upload text and graphics, accept flexible submission file formats, produce at least one selectable output format of said submission, produce complete proofs of said submission for user approval, shield an identity of at least one reviewer from said submitter of said submission, capture data to facilitate a peer review process, enable immediate review of said submission, display submission status at any time, and generate automatic email correspondence;

said administrative module being adapted to search the database and display results, track said submission, track author data, track reviewer/chairperson data and performance, track decisions, automatically notify late reviewers/chairpersons, grant or change user permissions, and download said submission for editing and production;

said chair module being adapted to display full text and graphics for review of said submission, enter accept/reject/revise decisions into the database at any stage, search for and select reviewers from the database, view reviewer history and current workload, invite reviewers to review all aspects of said submission, add comments/notes to said submission, and generate automatic email correspondence;

said review module being adapted to provide all aspects of said submission to said reviewer for peer review, provide a common score sheet specific to a meeting to an chairperson, and enable entry of accept/reject/revise recommendations for said submission into the database.

21. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein said managing and reviewing software further causes the processor to carry out steps comprising:

enabling the control logic to receive order decisions from at least one staff person, wherein said order decisions provide at least an arrangement for said manuscript in said at least one publication; and

enabling the control logic to determine contents of said at least one publication based on said order decisions.

22. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein said manuscript includes data in the form of text, images, graphics, or multimedia.

23. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein said plurality of submissions includes correspondence having at least one of information about an author, subject matter of said manuscript, proposed publication dates, or proposed publications.

24. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein additions, deletions, changes or selections from said reviewers are provided to said database by a chairperson via at least one of said plurality of clients.

25. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein a computer system automatically produces a list of reviewers to a chairperson from said database.

26. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein at least one of said plurality of clients produces a list of reviewers.

27. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein said list of reviewers is based on qualifying criteria, wherein said qualifying criteria includes at least one of (i) a reviewer'"'"'s area of specialty, (ii) a reviewer'"'"'s prior review history, (iii) a reviewer'"'"'s professional associations, (iv) a reviewer'"'"'s availability, or (v) said author'"'"'s preference for or against at least one reviewer.

28. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein a computer system requires authentication of identity from at least one of a plurality of clients.

29. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein said providing a submission module step further requires at least one of identification or authentication.

30. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein said providing a review module step further comprises:

enabling the control logic to receive a revision to said manuscript, wherein the author of said manuscript provided said revision based on said received at least one review; and

enabling the control logic to provide said received revision to at least one reviewer for additional review.

31. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein said plurality of clients accesses said modules via at least one of the Internet, an extranet, or an intranet.

32. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein said providing a review module step further reports acceptability information compiled from said at least one review.

33. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein information about at least one of an author or at least one reviewer is not provided with said manuscript to at least one of a plurality of clients.

34. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein an identity of an author and at least one reviewer who agrees to review said manuscript are not provided to at least one of a plurality of clients.

35. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein said managing and reviewing software when executed by the processor, further causes the processor to carry out steps including publishing predetermined content from said database.

36. The computer program product of claim 20, further comprising enabling receipt of said submission in a plurality of different formats.

37. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein the review module further comprises enabling multiple reviewers to review all aspects of said submission simultaneously.

38. The computer program product of claim 20, further comprising shielding an identity of said author from at least one reviewer.

39. A system for managing and reviewing documents, said system comprising:

a processor;

a memory; and

a database,

wherein said memory carries thereon managing and reviewing software comprising;

a submission module to enable a submitter to provide a manuscript to the system, said submission module being adapted to upload text and graphics, accept flexible submission file formats, produce at least one selectable output format of said submission, produce complete proofs of said submission for user approval, shield an identity of at least one reviewer from said submitter of said submission, capture data to facilitate a peer review process, enable immediate review of said submission, display submission status at any time, and generate automatic email correspondence;

an administrative module to enable administration of the system, said administrative module being adapted to search the database and display results, track said submission, track author data, track reviewer/chairperson data and performance, track decisions, automatically notify late reviewers/chairpersons, grant or change user permissions, and download said submission for editing and production;

a chair module to enable delegation of review and approval of the submission, said chair module being adapted to display full text and graphics for review of said submission, enter accept/reject/revise decisions into the database at any stage, search for and select reviewers from the database, view reviewer history and current workload, invite reviewers to review all aspects of said submission, add comments/notes to said submission, and generate automatic email correspondence;

a review module to enable review of all aspects of the submission, said review module being adapted to provide all aspects of said submission to said reviewer for peer review, provide a common score sheet specific to a meeting to an chairperson, and enable entry of accept/reject/revise recommendations for said submission into the database; and

a planning module to enable scheduling a presentation relating to content of said submission during said meeting.

40. The system of claim 39, said where said providing a submission module further comprises:

receiving order decisions from at least one staff person, wherein said order decisions provide at least an arrangement for said manuscript in said at least one publication; and

determining contents of said at least one publication based on said order decisions.

41. The system of claim 39, wherein said manuscript includes data in the form of text, images, graphics, or multimedia.

42. The system of claim 39, wherein when said plurality of

submissions includes correspondence that includes at least one of information about said author, subject matter of said manuscript, proposed publication dates, or proposed publications.

43. The system of claim 39, wherein additions, deletions, or selections from said list of reviewers in said database are provided to a chairperson by at least one of a plurality of clients.

44. The system of claim 39, wherein said computer system automatically produces a list of reviewers to a chairperson from said database.

45. The system of claim 39, wherein at least one of a plurality of clients produces a list of reviewers.

46. The system of claim 39, wherein a list of reviewers is based on qualifying criteria, wherein said qualifying criteria includes at least one of (i) a reviewer'"'"'s area of specialty, (ii) a reviewer'"'"'s prior review history, (iii) a reviewer'"'"'s professional associations, (iv) a reviewer'"'"'s availability, or (v) said author'"'"'s preference for or against at least one reviewer.

47. The system of claim 39, wherein a computer system requires authentication of identity from at least one of a plurality of clients.

48. The system of claim 39, wherein said providing a submission step further requires at least one of identification or authentication.

49. The system of claim 39, wherein said providing a chair module step further comprises:

receiving a revision to said manuscript, wherein the author of said manuscript provided said revision based on a received at least one review; and

providing said received revision to said at least one reviewer for additional review.

50. The system of claim 39, wherein a plurality of clients accesses said computer system modules via at least one of the Internet, an extranet, or an intranet.

51. The system of claim 39, wherein said providing a review module step further reports acceptability information compiled from at least one review.

52. The system of claim 39, wherein an identity of at least one of an author or at least one reviewer is not provided with said manuscript to at least one of a plurality of clients.

53. The system of claim 39, wherein an identity of an author and at least one reviewer who agrees to review said manuscript are not provided to at least one of a plurality of clients.

54. The system of claim 39, wherein said providing said submission module further provides access to predetermined content of said manuscript.

55. The system of claim 39, wherein said managing and reviewing software, when executed by the processor, further causes the processor to carry out steps including predetermined content from said database.

56. The system of claim 39, further comprising enabling receipt of said submission in a plurality of different formats.

57. The system of claim 39 wherein the review module further comprises enabling multiple reviewers to review all aspects of said submission simultaneously.

58. The system of claim 39, further comprising shielding an identity of said author from at least one reviewer.