The End of Aperta: Journal Submission Systems Remain Challenging - The Scholarly Kitchen

"Last week, Public Library of Science (PLOS) CEO (and Scholarly Kitchen Chef) Alison Mudditt released an open letter to the community in which she outlined the organization’s priorities going forward. Included in the letter was a note that development on PLOS’ ambitious workflow system, Aperta, was being shut down. While disappointing to many in the community who had high hopes for much-needed improvements in the manuscript submission process, this serves as yet another reminder of the complexity involved in building such systems."