Journals Blog - Sheridan

Designing Your User Experience Strategy, Part 3 (The Creative Process)

When designing your publishing platform, there are many factors to consider to deliver an optimal user experience. It’s critical to establish a user-first driven process, as diagrammed below.

MUP fields an OA compliance curveball with the support of PubFactory’s SiteGen module

In 2018, we collaborated with Manchester University Press (MUP) on a hosting platform that would bring all of their books and journals online. Manchester is the largest research university in the...

Designing Your User Experience Strategy, Part 2

Website accessibility is not a new topic. In fact, it’s been a factor since 2010 when the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) published standards that digital technology and information must be accessible to all people.

Sheridan Journal Services and the Scientific Publishing Community

It’s no secret that Sheridan is dedicated to the scientific publishing community. This commitment is most strongly evidenced through Sheridan’s long-term and significant involvement with the Council...

Designing Your User Experience Strategy: Part 1

Your website platform should be available to every person on any device. The following are critical considerations in a “mobile-first” world for maximizing discoverability and accessibility when creating the optimal user experience for journeys across all of your digital content.

The Scarcity of Paper – Pulp (non)Fiction

It’s no secret that the paper market is volatile; in fact, it has become increasingly unstable. Wood pulp costs continue to jump and impact paper prices. Mills have closed due to exorbitant raw material costs, among other factors.

Saddle or Perfect? Choosing the Right Magazine Binding

The thickness of a publication determines whether or not the publisher has an option between saddle stitching the spine of their publication (typically three staples) or perfect binding (where the...

Ten Top Takeaways from ISMTE’s Tenth Annual North American Conference

It’s been a great decade for the International Society of Managing and Technical Editors, otherwise known as ISMTE. Celebrating its tenth anniversary, the society held their 2017 North American...

Understanding Journals Overs and Unders

Most journal printers will apply a notation to their quote specifying their “overs and unders” policy when producing your journal. What exactly does that mean? And why are “overs” and “unders”...

Changing Your Paper Weight, Page Count, or Trim Size? Don’t Guess; Calculate!

Have you ever wanted to do a quick calculation to determine the impact on the weight of your publication if you were to change your page count, the basis weight of your paper, or your trim size? The...