Maverick was approached by a small international society that, along with many organisations of similar size, was encountering a decrease in revenue. They realised they needed to generate more revenue, attract new and younger members, lower costs, and bring their finances back into balance so they approached Maverick to conduct a financial and operational audit. […]
Rights and permissions audit
A nonprofit association that provides teaching publications for teachers and students asked Maverick to review its rights and permissions policies and procedures to ensure they conform with copyright requirements and best practices. GOALS The project involved establishing a transparent rights policy that was clear to requestors as well as authors and editors. The goal was […]
Journal Production Review
A medical society had recently moved to a new vendor for its journals production and requested a review of its processes to evaluate roles, functions, communications, and workflow. GOALS The goal of this project was to analyze the existing production processes and to make recommendations for an efficient workflow that takes into consideration current vendors […]
Book development, production, and distribution support
A small medical society approached Maverick for assistance in producing a heavily illustrated atlas of procedures. It was extremely important to them to be able to control the production, distribution, and quality of the reproduction, which was vital to the publication. GOALS The society wanted to develop a plan to produce and market a cost-effective, […]
Peer review and workflow for a society membership magazine
A medical society that publishes an award-winning monthly news magazine for its members sought to institute a more formal expert review process that would work in conjunction with its existing editorial process. The new process would create a structure and workflow with checks to ensure quality control. GOALS The goal was to ensure the scientific […]
Comprehensive performance analysis of a scientific journal
A scholarly journal faced a decline in its citation metrics, particularly in review articles, which led to concerns about its overall visibility and impact in the scientific community. GOALS The primary objectives were to identify the root causes behind this citation drop, benchmark performance against competitors, and implement strategies to increase citation rates and regain […]
Peer Review Training
A nonprofit engineering society that publishes five peer reviewed journals and special issues with guest editors wanted to ensure that the editorial and peer review process was consistent and rigorous and reflected best practices to ensure research integrity. GOALS The goal of this project was to create a personalized dashboard for the existing manuscript submission […]
Print publishing systems integration
A university-affiliated publisher was experiencing difficulties in integrating the various components of its program of books, journals, and other products. The current systems and processes were neither sustainable nor scalable, and the publisher requested an evaluation of how their print program could be simplified, streamlined, and integrated to allow them to effectively manage the current […]
User feedback survey
A leading US-based non-profit organization that offers an online database of genetic and molecular information widely used by the global science community as a reference for plant biology reached out to Maverick for expert assistance in conducting a worldwide, online survey of its users. GOALS The project’s primary goal was the capture of qualitative and […]
Project management for a professional education platform
A society needed to sunset a professional education platform with thousands of users at varying stages of progress through its numerous modules. With an aggressive schedule and resource constraints, they reached out to Maverick for project management support. Goals On-time delivery was a key goal of the project since legal requirements dictated the sunsetting occur […]