The worldwide author community now has a dynamic new way to select the most appropriate journal in which to publish. As part of its mission to help scientists communicate their research globally, Edanz has launched the free-to-use Journal Selector as part of its Journal Advisor platform. Journal Selector, which indexes over 18,000 journals, uses state of the art semantic technology to match an author’s research to journals that publish articles on similar topics.

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EDANZ JOURNAL SELECTOR HELPS AUTHORS
OVERCOME PUBLICATION BARRIERS
A free tool for authors to match their manuscript to suitable journals
What’s new? Who’s who?
Revolutionizing journal selection Edanz Group - the premier provider of language
editing for the worldwide scientific community,
• Free help for authors in choosing their target journal and the only editing service fully localized in China
• 18,000+ journals indexed and Japan
• An online platform dedicated to helping scientists
publish their research
Parity Computing – the leading supplier of
powerful data mining, analytics, and decision-
• State-of-the-art, patented algorithms from Parity
support systems to scientific publishers
Computing
Fukuoka, Japan and Beijing, China, 11 June 2012
The worldwide author community now has a dynamic new way to select
the most appropriate journal in which to publish. As part of its mission to
help scientists communicate their research globally, Edanz has launched
the free-to-use Journal Selector as part of its Journal Advisor platform.
Journal Selector, which indexes over 18,000 journals, uses state of the art
semantic technology to match an author’s research to journals that
publish articles on similar topics.
The Journal Selector is freely available here:
www.edanzediting.com/journal_advisor
The Edanz Journal Advisor provides authors, especially non-native English
speakers, with tools and services to help them overcome barriers to
publication success. It also includes guides and videos that inform
authors about the publication process.

2. Journal Selector The Edanz Journal Selector is easy to use and delivers results immediately
How to use it 3. Narrow your options
Using Journal Selector, authors enter a brief description
of their research. Users can input a whole abstract, rather
than just the few terms or phrases that current academic
and science search tools allow. Journal Selector then
matches the author’s research to journals that are
publishing articles on similar topics. After selecting a
journal, authors can then use Edanz educational
resources and services to improve the language of their
manuscript, write a cover letter, and prepare for
submission and peer review.
1. Insert English sample text
Author’s abstract, short description,
key phrases, or abstract from similar paper
Basic journal information
Match analysis
Similar articles published by the journal
2. Filter and refine 4. Visit journal websites
Revise sample
text to refine
results
Impact Factor
Publication
frequency

3. Powerful tool to overcome the barrier of selecting a suitable journal
“Through our work with scientific authors, particularly in China Director, “Journal Selector provides the worldwide
China and Japan, we have found that one of their greatest author community with a powerful new tool that will save
difficulties is knowing which journal to submit to. The time and increase chances of publication success. It will
Edanz Journal Selector, the first of several phases for the also benefit journal editors, who currently receive large
Edanz Journal Advisor platform, helps them overcome this numbers of submissions unsuited for publication in their
barrier” states Benjamin Shaw, Edanz Group’s Global and journal.”
Primary difficulty Response
during manuscript
preparation
Author Challenges Survey
on ScienceNet.cn
Respondents
Cutting-edge semantic technology
The Journal Selector is powered by patented semantic This multifunctional tool has a range of applications that
technology developed by Parity Computing of San Diego, promise to revolutionize how authors select an appropriate
USA. “We are very excited that Edanz has selected Parity journal and how they prepare to communicate their
Computing’s Semantic Profiling Engine™ to power the research.
Edanz Journal Advisor platform to enrich the author’s
journal submission process”, said Steve Nathan, CEO and
President of Parity Computing, Inc.
About Edanz
Edanz Group Ltd. (www.edanzediting.com), established in Japan in 1995 and China in 2006,
provides English language editing and related services for the worldwide scientific community.
Edanz, the exclusive worldwide English editing partner of publishers Springer, BioMed Central
english editing for scientists and the American Institute of Physics, helps authors reach their publication goals by raising
the language quality of manuscripts to the standard needed for acceptance. Edanz team of
over 350 native English-speaking editorsincludes experts covering all scientific areas. As the
only international editing service fully localized in China and Japan, Edanz understands the
challenges faced by non-native English speaking scientists in achieving publication success.
About Parity Computing
Parity (www.paritycomputing.com.) provides powerful data mining, analytics, and decision-
support systems to publishers and enterprises in the science, technology, and medical (STM)
industry. Additionally, Parity's Clinical Vigilance™ product line monitors disparate healthcare
data sources to create better patient outcomes by providing evidence-based clinical decision
support.
For more information Benjamin Shaw - Global and China Director, Edanz Group
bshaw@edanzgroup.com +86-10-6528-2882
www.edanzediting.com/about_EJA