美国混凝土学会（ACI）期刊投稿与同行评审从 ScholarOne 迁至 River Valley ReView

River Valley Technologies (RVT) has announced that the American Concrete Institute (ACI) is set to go live on ReView, RVT’s submission and peer review platform, later this month, replacing ScholarOne for its two scholarly journals, ACI Structural Journal and ACI Materials Journal.

The transition marks an important step in ACI’s plans to modernise its publishing operations, improve editorial efficiency and bring submission, peer review and production into a more connected publishing environment.

ReView supports ACI’s editorial workflows, from manuscript submission and reviewer selection through to editorial decisions and research integrity screening. Its configurable functionality allows ACI to bring processes previously managed outside ScholarOne directly into the platform, including co-author copyright confirmations, editorial discussions and committee decision-making.

A key requirement was the ability to collect copyright confirmations from every co-author, with the submitting author able to track outstanding approvals directly within the system. ReView also brings editorial committee discussions and decision-making, previously managed through separate communications and spreadsheets, into one environment. These capabilities reduce manual administration, improve visibility and support more efficient workflows for authors, editors and publishing staff.

ACI also has future plans to extend its use of River Valley’s technology to XML-based annotated peer review and XML-first production, enabling its own publishing team to manage copyediting, author proofing and production workflows within the platform. This will provide a more integrated process from manuscript submission through to publication, reducing handovers between separate systems while retaining control of production in-house.

Lauren Mentz, Director, Events & Publishing Services, American Concrete Institute, said:

“Our aim is to make the publishing process more efficient for our authors, reviewers, editors and staff, while maintaining the high standards expected of ACI journals.

River Valley’s ReView platform provides the flexibility we need to support our editorial requirements, including some of the more complex processes that have previously required considerable manual administration. The opportunity to bring these activities together, while also connecting peer review and production more closely, is an important step in our publishing plans.”

Maryam Bazargan, CEO of River Valley Technologies, said:

“We are delighted to be working with the American Concrete Institute as it prepares to go live on ReView. The transition from ScholarOne is an important step, and we have worked closely with ACI to ensure the platform supports its specific editorial requirements while introducing greater flexibility and efficiency.

Publishers increasingly want more than a replacement submission system. They want technology that reduces manual work, connects workflows and gives their teams greater control. ACI’s implementation demonstrates how a highly configurable platform can accommodate complex publishing requirements while simplifying day-to-day operations.

What makes this partnership particularly exciting is ACI’s ambition to extend that approach beyond peer review into XML-first production, managed by its own team. This is exactly the kind of connected publishing environment we have been developing at River Valley.”

ReView 3.0 was awarded Gold at the 2025 SSP EPIC Awards, recognising RVT’s continued investment in modern, flexible peer review technology for scholarly publishers and societies.

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