The theme of this year’s Peer Review Week is ‘Recognition for review’. Though the value of peer review in academic journal publishing is well acknowledged, it seems that those who are performing the reviews are not being given the same recognition. A 2015 survey by Wiley on the peer-review experience of journal reviewers has been interesting reading. The survey found … Read More
OU Professional Certificate in Management Student of the Year Award
I work as a Project Leader for a team within Prepress Projects specialising in journal editing and production. Last year I studied for a Professional Certificate in Management with the Open University to help me develop managerial skills that will be useful in my future career. The training was funded by Prepress Projects as part of its programme of staff development. Several of my … Read More
Our business in Europe
Today is Europe Day: the anniversary of the Schumann declaration in 1950, beginning the work towards the European Union as we know it. At Prepress Projects we have many reasons to celebrate Europe and the European Union. Here’s a map showing some of them: This map shows the location of some of our major recent and current clients. (That’s us in red … Read More
25 years of Prepress Projects
It was 25 years ago, more or less, that I gave up work to become a freelance editor. David didn’t join the business until 2 years later, which sounds like another good excuse for a lunch in 2018. A lot of water has passed under a lot of bridges since then. Or more appropriately, red ink. We started with editing … Read More