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Editors can view and manage contributor identifiers such as ORCID, ISNI, Researcher ID, PubMed author ID, and Scopus ID. |
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Editors can search for candidate reviewers by creating custom searches that combine name, address, institution, classifications, manuscript keywords, or other criteria including available dates. |
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Editors can easily register and invite unregistered users to review a particular manuscript. |
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Editors can search and invite reviewers from the reviewer discovery database. Editors can select a group of candidate editors based on keyword matching and can automatically invite them to handle the submission according to configured schedule and preference. |
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When searching for reviewers, editors can see reviewer activity on other co-operating journals. |
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Editors can quickly and conveniently invite reviewers who have been suggested or opposed by the submitting author (appropriate warnings appear during reviewer searching and selection). |
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Editors can easily identify manuscripts where reviewers have not yet responded to their invitation, as well as reviews in progress. |
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Editors can select alternate reviewers who will be automatically promoted and invited if primary reviewers decline the reviewer invitation (configurable option). |
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Editors can rate reviewer performance. |
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Editors can view manuscripts with their prior decisions, grouped by decision (accept, reject, withdrawn, transferred). |
Peer review process
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“Submit as an Editor” functionality allows editors to upload manuscripts quickly intended for publication without peer review. |
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Editors can make decisions concerning manuscripts at any time regardless of reviewer status. |
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Editors can save their comments for later submission. |
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Editors can display and print a complete layout of their comments before submission. |
Convenience of editing
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Editors can search manuscript by manuscript number, author name, keywords, notes, etc. |
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Editors can quickly display review status as an expandable column that includes detailed information and color coding. |
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Editors can release an accepted manuscript to an online journal site for pre-print publication (WebFirst). |
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Editors can upload, download, and edit submission attachments. |
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Users can switch between reviewer, editor, and author roles without having to log out of the system. |
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Editors can submit author manuscripts to Similarity Check for plagiarism checking. |
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Editors can review the results of predictive bibliometrics reports. |