Screenshots below look unfamiliar? We've recently launched a new submission management system for journals.
Learn more about the migration here.
As authors submit new manuscripts to your journal for consideration, those authors will receive an automated email acknowledging their submission, and editor(s) designated in the journal's Submission Settings will also receive an email.
All new submissions will begin in the Unassigned stage, where they await an initial review by a member of you journal's team and assignment to one or more editors or section editors for further handling.
- From the Main Dashboard, select Unassigned to see the list of articles that need an editor assignment and initial decision.
Once at least one editor has been assigned, that editor should review the submitted materials and make an initial decision on how to proceed with the submission. There are 3 available Actions:
- Move to Review - You will be prompted to send an email to the assigned editor(s) alerting them that a new submission is ready to begin the peer review process.
- Accept Article - You will be prompted to send an email to the primary author notifying them of the submission's acceptance, then the article will move to the Copyediting stage.
- Decline Article - You will be prompted to send an email to the primary author notifying them that the submission was declined. The submission will then be moved to the Archive.