Join ISMTE

The International Society of Managing and Technical Editors (ISMTE) launched in 2008, filling an under-served niche within the academic, scientific, medical, technical and professional publishing industry. Established to enhance the professionalism of editorial office staff by providing networking and training infrastructure, establishing best practices and studying and reporting on editorial office practices, ISMTE intends to become an advocate on all issues relating to editorial office operations.

ISMTE Members Are

connected to a network of peers, publishers, vendors, potential clients and employers
learning from the experience of other members
training and mentoring others
involved at the ground level of a growing organization

The Best Reason to Join The monthly ISMTE newsletter, Editorial Office News (EON), will come directly to your email with a monthly update of other news from ISMTE.

Back issues are all archived so even new members will be able to check all the valuable tips, tricks and articles from past issues. View a sampling of past issues at http://ismte.org/Newsletter.

Access to Exclusive Discounts Thomson Reuters offers special discounts to their ScholarOne Manuscripts courses for ISMTE members. Save 25% on registration fees for ScholarOne User Conferences in Europe and the US, as well as all ScholarOne University sessions held throughout the year.

ISMTE members also save $50 at Aries Systems’ Editorial Manager User Group Meetings in Europe and the US.

ISMTE members receive a 20% discount on the wide range of titles available at Wiley.com, including Irene Hames' book, Peer Review and Manuscript Management in Scientific Journals: Guidelines for Good Practice.

Additional discounts to conferences and training courses are offered from time to time.

Other Benefits of Membership

Continuing education and training through regional meetings, webcasts, mentoring and an online discussion forum
Participation in the creation of professional development programs
Sharing of ideas, concerns and best practices
Consultancy services for publishers, journals and members upon request from a pool of recognized thought leaders
Discount registration to ISMTE’s annual European and North American conferences
Access to Members Only networking and training opportunities

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Corporate Supporters

Supporters at all levels receive a limited number of complimentary ISMTE memberships and an unlimited number of discounted ISMTE memberships. If you are an employee of one of ISMTE’s corporate supporters or if your journal is published by one of these organizations, contact ISMTE for your coupon code before you join or renew. View the current list of corporate supporters.

Developing Country Membership

ISMTE offers free membership to managing and technical editors residing in Hinari Group A and B Countries (see http://www.who.int/hinari/eligibility for a list of eligible countries). Join today as a Developing Country Member to receive all the benefits of ISMTE membership.

Small Staff Organizations

ISMTE is happy to offer discounted membership to editorial offices with ten or fewer employees. We hope this discount will allow each of your editorial office staff members to take advantage of the training, networking and savings available to ISMTE members.

Here’s how it works:

The first member from your office joins or renews at the current individual membership rate.
The first member from your office contacts ISMTE to request the small staff organization discount.
ISMTE provides the coupon code for additional members to join or renew for $85 USD – a $50 discount for each additional member!

The chart below shows how your savings increase as your colleagues take advantage of this discount.

# of EO Staff	Group Price	Average Price per Member	Savings
2	$220.00	$110.00	$50.00
3	$305.00	$101.67	$100.00
4	$390.00	$97.50	$150.00
5	$475.00	$95.00	$200.00
6	$560.00	$93.33	$250.00
7	$645.00	$92.14	$300.00
8	$730.00	$91.25	$350.00
9	$815.00	$90.56	$400.00
10	$900.00	$90.00	$450.00