User Participation
We are working closely with researchers and current users of the Elsevier Editorial System (EES) to make use of Evise both intuitive and enjoyable.
User participation through the Evise User Board
- 15 Editors of Elsevier journals, representing a variety of disciplines, geographies and age groups, participate in the Evise User Board. They provide ongoing feedback and expert advice to the Evise Product Management team.
- The Editors meet with the Evise Product Management team once a year to discuss strategic developments and provide early feedback on the prototype.
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User participation through validation with users
- A well established User Centred Design process is being applied for the development of the user interface and user experience.
- Authors, Editors, Reviewers and relevant Elsevier staff are interviewed and requested to provide insights on their needs, pain-points, expectations, behaviour and reactions to prototypes.
- An international user panel with participants based in the Americas, Europe and Asia.
What Editors have said about Evise
- Manuscript landing page: 'terrific, it provides it in an open place so you don't have to hunt and peck for information'
- My assignments: 'the button 'Assign' was confusing: is this manuscript already assigned to me or do I need to assign to an editor or reviewer?'
- Manuscript decision: 'I want to see the conflict of interest information including the research funding source and co-author affiliation on this page'
- Correspondence - Five out of 17 editors mentioned wanting spell-check in the new e-mail system.
- Search results - Nine out of 11 editors found the type ahead search useful.
- Personal profile page - Generally all editors had favorable reactions to the individual profile page.
- Personalizing and Customizing: 'I love the automated reminders'
