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NeoScriber: Journal Management System for Academic Publishers
NeoScriber is Brieflands’ in-house journal management system: submission, peer review, JATS XML production, DOI registration and indexing in one platform.
In-house platform · Built since 2010
The journal management system behind every Brieflands journal
NeoScriber runs submission, peer review and production in one place — with JATS XML, DOI registration and indexing outputs generated automatically. Built and maintained in-house, configured around your editorial workflow rather than the other way round.
- 2010First release
- 3Integrated sub-systems
- 1Login for authors, reviewers & editors
- 10+Automated XML output formats
What it is
A publishing platform, not just a submission form
NeoScriber — literally “new writer” — is the journal management system developed by Brieflands. It gives journals a high level of flexibility in how workflows are configured, integrates directly with online publishing services, and lowers administrative cost and time from submission to publication. Since 2010 it has given small and medium journals a route to publishing online without assembling a stack of separate tools.
Configured to your journal, hosted by us
NeoScriber provides the technology infrastructure and platform that lets publishers choose their own site design, branding, feature set, business model and content support. All content is hosted on Brieflands servers using the NeoScriber Express production system. Our service is hands-on and personalised: you set the parameters that work for your organisation, and we configure the system around them.
Architecture
Three sub-systems, one platform
NeoScriber was one of the first journal management systems of its kind. It is built as three connected sub-portals that share a single database, so a manuscript never has to be re-keyed as it moves from author to editor to production.
Article Submission System
Pre-planned online submission structured by article type, with manuscript and user management, advanced search and reporting tools.
Peer Review System
A fully paperless editorial office for editors-in-chief, associate editors, reviewers and authors — single-blind, double-blind or open.
Integrated Publishing System
Mega-Publish produces HTML and PDF full text from a single XML source, then generates every deposit format your indexers need.
Workflow
From submission to indexing
Every stage below happens inside NeoScriber. Nothing is exported to a second system and re-imported.
Submission
Authors submit through a flow pre-planned for each article type. Incomplete submissions are detected and managed automatically, and corresponding authors can reuse files from earlier revisions.
Screening
Editorial staff run structured screening with similarity checking powered by iThenticate, a full screening log, and a defined checklist before a manuscript reaches review.
Peer review
Single-blind, double-blind or open peer review, with automated email and SMS reminders. NeoConnect finds and invites reviewers and board members from researcher profiles indexed in Web of Science, Medline and Scopus.
Production
Mega-Publish edits and publishes HTML and PDF full text from one XML source. Authors comment on galley proofs online, and generated PDFs can be compared against the original DOCX.
Publication
Articles go live with DOIs registered at Crossref, Crossmark linking, hyperlinked and DOI-validated references, and Google Scholar meta tags. In-press publishing makes accepted work visible sooner.
Indexing & preservation
Deposit files for PubMed Central, Crossref, Portico, ISC and other services are produced automatically, so indexing is a scheduled task rather than a manual project.
Capabilities
What editors, reviewers and production staff get
The feature set below is what ships with NeoScriber — not a paid add-on tier.
Editorial & workflow
- Flexible online submission planned per article type
- Manuscript and user management system
- Advanced search and reporting tools
- Customisable workflows for editor–reviewer relationships
- Automated and manual email and SMS reminders
- Online chat and a support ticketing system
- Cloud storage with unlimited disk space per journal
Peer review
- Fully integrated single- or double-blind review
- Open peer review with signed or anonymous reports
- Post-publication peer review portal
- NeoConnect reviewer discovery and invitation
- Reviewer recognition via Web of Science profiles
- Online validated certificates for reviewers and associate editors
Production & XML
- Mega-Publish: HTML and PDF from one XML source
- PMC XML DTD 3.0, Crossref, Portico, ISC and HBI XML output
- Multi-threaded HTML-to-PDF conversion
- Online galley proofing with tracked changes and comments
- XML importer for migrating issues from other systems
- RSS output and automated sitemaps
Discovery & metrics
- DOI registration with Crossmark linking
- Google Scholar meta tags on every article
- ORCID-enabled author identification
- Altmetrics on published articles
- Cited-by data from Scopus, Scholar and Crossref
- NeoSuggest for transferring declined manuscripts to a better-fitting journal
Standards
Built on the formats indexers actually ask for
Machine-readable output is generated as part of production, which is what makes technical evaluation by abstracting and indexing services straightforward.
- PMC XML DTD 3.0
- Crossref XML
- Portico XML
- ISC XML
- HBI XML
- DOI & Crossmark
- ORCID
- iThenticate
- Google Scholar tags
- Altmetric
- RSS
- EndNote & BibTeX export
Reader experience
The published journal site
Every NeoScriber journal ships with a full publishing site, not just a PDF archive.
Article pages
- Full-text HTML with links to figures, tables and references
- References hyperlinked and validated against DOI and PMC
- Cited-by from Scopus, Google Scholar and Crossref
- Citation export to EndNote and BibTeX
- Crossmark status and links to related articles
- Author profiles linked to Google Scholar and PMC
Reader tools
- Per-article citation alerts
- Post-publication commenting
- Article sharing to social platforms and Mendeley
- Clear open access licensing and permission requests
- Advanced public search across the journal and the wider archive
- Automated production of outputs for bibliographic databases
Migration
Already running on another system?
NeoScriber includes an XML importer built for transferring issues and articles from other journal management systems, along with an article importer and tooling for reconciling indexing links. Moving an established archive is a supported process, not a rebuild — talk to us about what your current platform exports and we will tell you honestly what transfers cleanly and what needs work.
Development
Actively developed, released on a regular cycle
NeoScriber ships numbered releases with published notes. The three most recent are below; the full history is on our blog.
2025.5 · May 2025
Login up to three times faster, multi-threaded HTML-to-PDF export, automatic handling of incomplete submissions, DOCX-to-PDF comparison, and a refactored payment core.
2025.4 · April 2025
Next.js App Router across the front end, a new statistics dashboard, reviewer and shopping certificate templates, and revisions to peer review and screening.
2025.3 · March 2025
Neo-Publish completed, CSV, XLS and XLSX files supported in the submission PDF, plus a wide set of fixes.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What is NeoScriber?
NeoScriber is the journal management system developed and maintained in-house by Brieflands. It combines article submission, peer review and integrated publishing in a single platform, and has been in continuous development since 2010.
Can NeoScriber handle open access journals?
Yes. Open access is enabled on all articles, licensing and reuse terms are displayed on every article page, and permission requests are handled through the Copyright Clearance Center.
Which XML formats does NeoScriber produce?
Output is generated automatically in PMC XML DTD 3.0, Crossref XML, Portico XML, ISC XML and HBI XML, along with RSS feeds and sitemaps. These are the deposit formats required by most abstracting and indexing services.
Does it support double-blind and open peer review?
Both, along with single-blind and post-publication review. Workflows are configurable per journal, and open peer review can run with signed or anonymous reports.
Who hosts the journal and its content?
All content is hosted on Brieflands servers using the NeoScriber Express production system, with cloud storage and no disk space limit per journal.
Can I migrate an existing journal archive?
Yes. NeoScriber includes an XML importer designed for transferring issues and articles from other journal management systems. Send us a sample export and we will assess it before you commit.
See NeoScriber running on a live journal
We will walk you through submission, the editorial office and production using a real journal, then map your current workflow onto the system.
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