Last summer, Elsevier’s User Centered Design team carried out a survey and usability tests with journal readers. Another 200 plus journals use their own unique, non-standard reference styles. The majority of Elsevier journals require authors to use one of 10 standard reference styles. All Elsevier-owned journals will switch to one of six standard reference styles
Read on to find out what it could mean for your journal. Over the coming year, a number of changes will be rolled out – one of these will automatically be applied to all Elsevier titles while others will be introduced on an opt-in basis.
“We think we will also see journal discoverability enhanced, while publication times should experience a reduction,” she added. She believes one of the key benefits will be an increase in author satisfaction as more of their time is freed up to concentrate on other elements of the paper. Other elements will focus on the accuracy of link information.Įlizabeth Przybysz, a Junior Project Manager in Publishing Services, has been leading the project team. Dubbed the Reference Simplification Project, it will not only standardize reference styles, but offer journals the opportunity to forego them completely. Not only is this an unnecessary use of their time, the focus on formatting increases the opportunities for factual errors to creep in.Įlsevier’s Publishing Services team has been working on a multi-stranded shake-up of the reference system. Recent research (1) shows that authors now spend an average 3.2 hours per paper on this task. Reference simplification Streamlining the author submission process By Elizabeth Przybysz Posted on 12 March 2013Īs journals’ reference-related instructions have continued to grow in complexity, so too has the amount of time required to comply with them.
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