Submission, peer review, copyediting, production, DOI registration and distribution — for books and journals, print and online, in one engine.
University presses tend to operate a different tool for each stage: an OJS instance for journal submissions, a separate workflow for monograph acquisition, a production tracker maintained in spreadsheets, a DOI register in another spreadsheet, and an email thread that holds the rest together. Each tool was procured independently. Each has its own DOI conventions and its own export format.
Hermes consolidates the chain into a single editorial workflow, a single production pipeline and a single distribution surface. DOI registration is automatic on publish. standard journal article export is native. The institution's discovery layer picks up the press's output the same day it lands.
Configurable per imprint and series. Author portal for submission and proof approval; reviewer assignment with single- or double-blind options; editor desk with full audit trail.
standard DOI registrars or data DOI registrars registration happens on publish, not as a separate manual step. The DOI register is the system, not a parallel spreadsheet.
standard journal article export, distribution into the institution's discovery layer, and propagation to external aggregators (open-access journal directories for journals, open-access book directories for books) on publication.
One engine for books and journals, print and online — submission to distribution to DOI. The press stops running on four disconnected tools.