Kriyadocs
Kriyadocs provides a cloud-based, XML-first unified publishing ecosystem for academic and society publishers, covering manuscript submission, peer review, production, and distribution, complemented by bundled editorial and production services delivered globally from India.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2004
- HeadquartersChennai, India
- Headcount101–250
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What Kriyadocs does
Kriyadocs (operated by Exeter Premedia Services Private Limited, founded 2004 and headquartered in Chennai, India) provides a cloud-based, XML-first unified publishing ecosystem (UPE) spanning manuscript submission, peer review, production, and distribution for journal and book publishers. The modular platform comprises Submission, Peer Review, Production, Delivery, and the newer Presubmit modules, each configurable for standalone or end-to-end deployment, and is embedded with ML-enabled editing tools, automated validations, and a broad integration fabric connecting to more than 20 third-party systems including ORCID, iThenticate, OA Switchboard (Certified Integrator), CCC RightsLink, Ringgold, PubMed/PMC, HighWire, Atypon, Ingenta, Silverchair, Clarivate, Figshare, Dryad, DOAJ, Dimensions, Brightcove, Reviewer Credits, Imagetwin, and Clear Skies Papermill Alarm. The company is ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 27001:2022 certified and operates a flagship Publisherspeak unconference series in the US and UK alongside an active podcast and content marketing presence.
The company monetizes through enterprise SaaS subscriptions to the platform and supplementary professional services covering editorial, data, accessibility, art and design, and end-to-end project management; pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, supported by a 30-day free trial and optional onboarding. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales targeted at academic, professional, and society publishers globally, augmented by long-term customer relationships of 15+ years with BMJ and 7+ years with eLife, alongside additional named enterprise customers including JMIR, SAGE, ASM, SPE, RCGP, Medwave, Portland Press, Royal Society Publishing, GeoScienceWorld, and Springer Publishing. Exeter Premedia is bootstrapped and privately held with no disclosed institutional funding.
Kriyadocs firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Kriyadocs
- Legal name
- Exeter Premedia Services Private Limited
- Website
- https://kriyadocs.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2004
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 101–250 employees
- Short description
- Kriyadocs provides a cloud-based, XML-first unified publishing ecosystem for academic and society publishers, covering manuscript submission, peer review, production, and distribution, complemented by bundled editorial and production services delivered globally from India.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Kriyadocs industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Scholarly Publishing Software
- NAICS
- Software Publishers (513210), Software Publishers (5132), Software Publishers (51321)
- SIC
- Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Content Syndication, Distribution & Rights Management Platforms (BPAMAJAN)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Standards, Registries & Interoperability Services (EIDR/ISAN, CPE, DDEX) (MPAHALAO)
Keywords
Where Kriyadocs is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Chennai
- HQ country
- India
- HQ region
- Asia
Offices1 record
Markets served
Kriyadocs business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Software Platform Subscription: SaaS subscription model for access to the Kriyadocs Unified Publishing Ecosystem platform covering submission, peer review, production, and delivery modules. Platform can be used modularly or as a full end-to-end solution.
- Professional Publishing Services: Supplementary services including editorial services (copyediting, proofreading), data services, accessibility services, artwork/design services, and end-to-end project management to complement the software platform.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Freemium | Monthly | Free trial available for 30 days with optional onboarding |
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels1 record
Marketing channels7 records
Kriyadocs product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Kriyadocs provides the Unified Publishing Ecosystem (UPE), a cloud-based, XML-first SaaS platform that unifies manuscript submission, peer review, production, and delivery for journal and book publishers. Customers can adopt the platform as a full end-to-end suite or in modular form, and may supplement the software with professional publishing services covering editorial work, data services, accessibility, artwork and design, and end-to-end project management. The platform supports certified integrations with OA Switchboard, CCC RightsLink, Ringgold, ORCID, iThenticate, and other ecosystem tools to automate open access reporting, institutional matching, and integrity checks.
Product overview
Kriyadocs is a unified publishing ecosystem (UPE) consisting of modular products that serve the four core publishing activities: Submission, Peer Review, Production, and Delivery. The platform also includes Presubmit for pre-submission quality checks and Integrations for connecting third-party tools. Together, these modules enable seamless handoffs from each stage to the next, providing journal and book publishers with an end-to-end system. The company also offers supplementary services including Editorial, Data, Accessibility, and Art & Design services, allowing publishers to use the software alone or enhance it with specialized services backed by 20 years of expertise.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Kriyadocs Unified Publishing Ecosystem (UPE) End-to-end system for journal and book publishers that unites every publishing activity and team member in a single, seamless platform, covering submission through delivery. Can be adopted modularly or as a full end-to-end solution.
- Kriyadocs Presubmit Pre-submission module that streamlines manuscript submissions and promotes research integrity prior to formal peer review.
- Submission Customized, intuitive portal for capturing manuscripts and metadata from authors to simplify submission and enhance author experience. Available as a standalone module within the UPE.
- Peer Review Seamless review system to assess fitment and quality, manage reviewers, and reach informed decisions faster with agile peer review workflows. Available as a standalone module within the UPE.
- Production ML-enabled editing tools, automated validations, and on-the-fly proofing to streamline and orchestrate post-acceptance production. Available as a standalone module within the UPE.
- Delivery Multi-format export, packaging, and deployment to various hosting platforms to deliver high-quality output. Available as a standalone module within the UPE.
- Journals Solution Comprehensive publishing solution tailored for journal publishers, bundling submission, peer review, production, and delivery modules around journal workflows.
- Books Solution Comprehensive publishing solution tailored for book publishers, bundling submission, production, and delivery workflows for complex and multilingual book projects.
- Editorial Services Professional editorial services including copyediting, proofreading, and substantive editing for publishers.
- Data Services Data services for publishing workflows including metadata management and digitization.
- Accessibility Services Accessibility services ensuring content meets accessibility standards.
- Art & Design Services Artwork, design, and typesetting services for publishers.
- End-to-End Project Management Comprehensive project management services for publishing workflows.
Quantifiable outcome
- Articles published 2.33x faster than predetermined TAT at RCGP
- +4 more outcomes
Companies that use Kriyadocs
Customer profileNamed customers14 records
Segments3 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
Kriyadocs technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration25 records
AI capability2 records
Feature10 records
Kriyadocs partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
18 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- OA SwitchboardcoreKriyadocs is a Certified Integrator for OA Switchboard, enabling automated, structured exchange of enriched article-level metadata at Version of Record publication. Enables publishers to send validated financial data together with article-level publication metadata to the OA Switchboard hub.
- Copyright Clearance Center (CCC)coreIntegration with CCC's RightsLink services supporting Open Access agreements, licensing, and transactional workflows. Combines financial and licensing metadata with article-level publication metadata for validated and enriched OA metadata feeds.
- Reviewer CreditscorePartnership to integrate reviewer recognition into the Kriyadocs Unified Publishing Ecosystem (UPE), enhancing transparency and streamlining peer review workflows through ORCID credits and reviewer awards.
- DataSeerminorStrategic partnership to enhance data sharing and data integrity in scholarly publishing workflows.
- Global CampuscorePartnership to enhance peer review workflows through AI-powered solutions including personalized reviewer invitations and expert matching capabilities.
- Clear Skies (Papermill Alarm)coreCollaboration to support publishers in promoting research integrity through advanced papermill detection, identifying fraudulent research produced by paper mills.
- ImagetwincorePartnership for advanced image screening to promote research integrity at scale by detecting manipulated or duplicated images in submitted manuscripts.
- SabinetminorPartnership to elevate scholarly publishing in South Africa, bringing together Kriyadocs' publishing platform with Sabinet's position as a prominent leader in the South African information industry.
- Portland PresscoreEnd-to-end partnership for journal portfolio management, with Portland Press as the publishing arm for the Biochemical Society.
- JMIR PublicationscoreEnd-to-end publishing excellence partnership for streamlining and transforming scholarly publishing workflows.
- Royal Society PublishingcoreCollaboration dedicated to fostering innovation and enhancing academic publishing with the Royal Society.
- American Society for Microbiology (ASM)corePartnership renewal for efficient, accessible research communication. Supports Subscribe-to-Open transitions across ASM's 6 journal titles with automated institutional matching.
- Microbiology SocietycoreLong-standing production partnership extended to strengthen efficient, high-quality publishing workflows. Includes OA Switchboard and CCC integration for automated metadata exchange.
- eLifecoreExtended collaboration to strengthen publishing workflows. Partnership of over 7 years providing authors with intuitive proof review and customized peer review material workflows.
- Technica Editorial ServicesminorEditorial partner supporting independent review and validation within SPE's production workflow, providing professional copyediting services.
- RinggoldcoreIntegration for automated institutional identification and matching using Ringgold IDs, enabling consistent identification across naming variants, multi-site institutions, and consortia.
- ORCIDcoreIntegration for author and reviewer identification enabling consistent researcher identification across the publishing workflow.
- iThenticatecoreIntegration for plagiarism detection and manuscript screening in the submission and peer review process.
Scale indicators12 records
Recent moves11 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Kriyadocs competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Atypon (Wiley): Atypon develops Literatum, a publishing platform for scholarly and academic publishers, owned by Wiley. Kriyadocs integrates with Atypon's hosting platform and competes for the same publisher workflow and content delivery budget.
- ScholarOne (Clarivate): ScholarOne Manuscripts is a peer review and submission workflow platform for scholarly publishers owned by Clarivate. Kriyadocs' Peer Review and Submission modules directly compete with ScholarOne for peer review management at journals and societies.
- Editorial Manager (Aries Systems / Elsevier): Editorial Manager (EM) and ProduXion Manager from Aries Systems, an Elsevier company, are leading peer review and production workflow platforms for scholarly publishers. EM is the most widely adopted peer review system and directly competes with Kriyadocs' Peer Review and Production modules.
- River Valley Technologies: River Valley Technologies provides editorial and production workflow services and platforms for academic publishers, with comparable typesetting and XML-first capabilities. It is a direct competitor in the scholarly production services market.
- Silverchair: Silverchair provides the Silverchair Platform, a content platform for scholarly publishers and societies. Kriyadocs partners and integrates with Silverchair for hosting and content delivery while also competing for the same publishing workflow modernization budgets.
- Charlesworth: Charlesworth provides publishing services, editing, and author tools to scholarly publishers, including AI-based workflow tools. Kriyadocs and Charlesworth are listed partners (WeChat integration) and also compete for academic publisher services and tooling spend.
- Ingenta: Ingenta provides publishing platforms (Ingenta CMS, Edifix) for scholarly and academic publishers. Kriyadocs integrates with Ingenta for content delivery and competes for the same publisher workflow technology spend.
- HighWire (SAGE Publishing): HighWire provides a publishing platform for journals and books, now part of SAGE. Kriyadocs integrates with HighWire for content delivery and competes for the same scholarly publisher technology stack business.
Broad incumbents
- CCC (Copyright Clearance Center): CCC operates RightsLink for Scientific Communications, enabling Open Access licensing and transactional workflows. Kriyadocs integrates with CCC RightsLink for OA metadata exchange; CCC is a broader incumbent in publishing rights and licensing that Kriyadocs partners with rather than competes against.
Emerging players
- DataSeer: DataSeer provides data sharing and integrity solutions for scholarly publishers. Kriyadocs has a strategic partnership with DataSeer for data sharing workflows, and the two companies intersect in research integrity and data availability compliance features.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
Kriyadocs social profiles
Digital presenceKriyadocs compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance2 records
Kriyadocs financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Kriyadocs leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles7 records
Kriyadocs funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Kriyadocs M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Kriyadocs
What does Kriyadocs do?
Kriyadocs provides the Unified Publishing Ecosystem (UPE), a cloud-based, XML-first SaaS platform that unifies manuscript submission, peer review, production, and delivery for journal and book publishers. Customers can adopt the platform as a full end-to-end suite or in modular form, and may supplement the software with professional publishing services covering editorial work, data services, accessibility, artwork and design, and end-to-end project management. The platform supports certified integrations with OA Switchboard, CCC RightsLink, Ringgold, ORCID, iThenticate, and other ecosystem tools to automate open access reporting, institutional matching, and integrity checks.
Is Kriyadocs a public or private company?
Kriyadocs is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Kriyadocs founded?
Kriyadocs was founded in 2004. It employs 101 to 250 people.
Where is Kriyadocs based?
Kriyadocs is headquartered in Chennai, India, in the Asia region.
How does Kriyadocs make money?
Two revenue lines are on record. Software Platform Subscription is the primary driver. The others are professional Publishing Services.
Who are Kriyadocs's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Atypon (Wiley), ScholarOne (Clarivate), Editorial Manager (Aries Systems / Elsevier), River Valley Technologies, Silverchair, Charlesworth, Ingenta and HighWire (SAGE Publishing). CCC (Copyright Clearance Center) is listed as a broad incumbent. DataSeer is listed as an emerging player.
Does Kriyadocs have an API?
No public API is recorded for Kriyadocs.
What industry is Kriyadocs in?
Kriyadocs's product category is Scholarly Publishing Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is BPAMAJAN, Content Syndication, Distribution & Rights Management Platforms, with a secondary code of MPAHALAO, Standards, Registries & Interoperability Services (EIDR/ISAN, CPE, DDEX). Its NAICS code is 513210 and its SIC code is 7372.