Some publications have a pre-submission phase, during which Authors are invited to submit articles. The invitation may be for a specific subject area, a symposium in print, or a festschrift honoring a distinguished colleague (e.g., a retiring Editor from an eminent publication).
In the EM system there are two general scenarios in which Author solicitations may occur:
Commentaries: A publication may solicit commentaries on a submitted article (that may or may not have yet been accepted for publication). This feature provides a way to invite an Author to submit a paper and link the existing ("parent") submission to the associated commentaries ("child" submissions).
Proposals: A publication may invite a leading expert (or experts) to submit a manuscript on a particular topic; or a publication may devote an entire issue (special issue) to invited manuscripts for a particular topic(s). This feature provides a way to invite Authors to submit papers and link the submissions to each other and to the Proposal for the purpose of tracking.
Configure Article Types for Invited Submissions
Display Additional Information for Invited Authors
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