Your Editor Main Menu may include the following sections and folders (depending on what features are enabled on the publication site and what RoleManager permissions are enabled for your role).
The Main Menu appears on the Editorial tab. Depending on your role, you may see one or more additional tabs:
Sections of the Editor Main Menu may include:
Links in this section provide access to folders containing submissions that require attention by an Editor. The section is divided into two parts: My Pending Assignments (i.e., submissions for which the user has current responsibility and/or must take action) and Reviews in Progress. The number after each subheading is the total number of submissions in the related folders.
These folders may appear under the My Pending Assignments heading:
New Submissions folder appears if the publication uses the Technical Check feature. Once Technical Check is complete a submission moves to the New Submissions Requiring Assignment folder. (Editor role must have the permission, Receive New and Revised Submissions and sub-permission, Perform Technical Check.) For details, see Technical Check.
Revised Submissions folder appears if the publication uses the Technical Check feature. Once Technical Check is complete a submission moves to the Revised Submissions Requiring Assignment folder. (Editor role must have the same permissions as for New Submissions folder.)
New Submissions Requiring Assignment contains all new incoming submissions made directly to the publication, if the publication does not use Technical Check feature. If publication does use Technical Check feature, this folder receives new submissions for which technical check is not required (configured by Article Type) and new submissions on which technical check is complete. (Editor role must have the permission, Receive New and Revised Submissions.)
Revised Submissions Requiring Assignment contains all revised incoming submissions made directly to the publication, if the publication does not use Technical Check feature. If publication does use Technical Check feature, this folder receives revised submissions for which technical check is not required (configured by Article Type) and revised submissions on which technical check is complete. (Editor role must have the permission, Receive New and Revised Submissions.)
Submissions Needing Approval by Editor contains submissions for which the user has rebuilt the submission PDF but has not taken further action. The Editor may approve the PDF to move it back to the folder it was in previously or send the submission back to the Author for approval of the edits or revert the submission to its original form (e.g., in the event of a PDF-build error). This folder is suppressed if there are no submissions in it.
Submissions Sent Back to Author for Approval contains any submission sent back to the Author after the Editor rebuilt the PDF. This folder is suppressed if there are no submissions in it.
Incomplete Submissions contains PDF-build failures and submissions that the Editor started to edit but did not finish (by building the PDF). This folder is suppressed if there are no submissions in it.
New Invitations contains any submission or revised submission that an Editor has been invited to handle. The Editor uses action links in this folder or deep links in the invitation email to agree or decline to handle the submission. (Editor role must have the permission, Receive Invitations for Assignments.)
New Assignments contains any submission or revised submission that the user has been assigned to handle, or that the user has been invited and agreed to handle. No further action has been taken (i.e., user has not assigned another Editor or Reviewers, user has not made a decision). (Editor role must have the permission, Receive Assignments without Invitation.)
Submissions with Rescinded Decision contains any submission for which a decision has been rescinded. (Editor role must have the permission View All Submissions or Rescind Decision.) For details see, Rescind a Decision.
Submissions with Required Reviews Complete contains any submission or revised submission for which all required reviews (as defined by the publication) have been submitted, or a subordinate Editor has made a decision, or the user began a decision and saved it to submit later. The user may make a decision, assign the submission to another Editor, or invite additional Reviewers. (Editor role must have the permission, Invite Reviewers.)
Submissions Requiring Additional Reviewers contains any submission that has fewer than the required number of Reviewers invited and/or assigned (as defined by the publication). (Editor role must have the permission, Invite Reviewers.)
Submissions with One or More Late Reviews contains any submission or revised submission that has one or more late reviews. (Editor role must have the permission, Invite Reviewers.)
Submissions with Active Discussions contains any submission for which there is an active discussion. This folder displays only when the Editor is invited to participate in the discussion (or Editor role has the permission, Manage Discussion Forums).
Folders under the Reviews in Progress heading contain submissions that are waiting for action by Reviewers (e.g., accept or decline invitation to review or submit recommendation).
Reviewers Invited – No Response contains any submission or revised submission that has one or more outstanding Reviewer invitations. (Editor role must have the permission, Invite Reviewers.)
Submissions Under Review contains any submission or revised submission that has one or more Reviewers who have agreed to a review invitation but have not yet submitted their review.
Folders in this section contain submissions that have been assigned to Editors. (Editor role must have the permission, View All Submissions.)
View All Assigned Submissions contains all submissions assigned to at least one Editor. (Submissions with final decisions do not appear in this folder.)
View All Assigned Submissions being Edited contains all submissions assigned to at least one Editor that are currently being edited by an Editor or Publisher who has not yet approved the PDF. These submissions are also located in Incomplete Submissions or Submissions Needing Approval folder of the respective Editor or Publisher. Submissions may not be edited by another Editor or Publisher while they are in this folder.
Folders in this section contain submissions that are assigned to Editors subordinate to the user (i.e., Editors that were assigned in the workflow or in the decision chain after the user). These three folders organize submissions in different ways. (This section displays only if Editor role has the permission, Assign Editor.)
Group by Editors I Assigned displays submissions grouped by subordinate Editors assigned by the user. The Editor listed may not be the current handling Editor, i.e., the submission may have been assigned on to another Editor by the listed subordinate Editor.
Group by Editor with Current Responsibility displays submissions grouped by subordinate Editors currently handling the submission. The Editor listed may not be the Editor who was assigned by the user, i.e., the submission may have been assigned to an initial subordinate Editor who then passed the assignment on to the listed subordinate Editor.
Group by Manuscript Status displays submissions that are assigned to Subordinate Editors, grouped by status.
Folders in this section contain submissions that have decisions and/or final dispositions.
Submissions out for Revision contains all submissions that have a Revise decision and are waiting for an Author to submit a revision. (Editor role must have the permission, View All Submissions.)
All Submissions with Editor's Decision contains all submissions that with a decision (made by the highest level Editor with decision-making responsibility). These submissions may be awaiting Author notification of the decision or final disposition or assignment to another Editor for a decision. (Editor role must have the permission, View All Submissions.)
All Submissions Pending Transfer, sub-folder, contains all submissions on which the Corresponding Author has been notified of a decision (in the Reject and Transfer Decision Family) but has not responded to the active transfer offer. (Publication must use transfer feature, and Editor role must have the permission, View All Submissions.)
All Submissions with Final Disposition contains all submissions that have a final disposition. This folder is distributed within internal folders based on the final dispositions of Accept/Accepted on Submission, Reject, Withdrawn, and Transfer. (Editor role must have the permission, View All Submissions.)
Unsent, Pending or Failed Transmittals contains all submissions scheduled to be transmitted to an external production system for publications that have a transmittal method configured. (Editor role must have one of the RoleManager permissions related to releasing transmittal form and source files to production. These permissions apply only when the publication uses an automated production system.)
My Assignments with Decision contains submissions on which the user has made a decision (or on which a higher-level Editor has made a decision if the user's Editor role does not have the permission, Make a Decision).
My Assignments Pending Transfer, sub-folder, contains all submissions on which the user has made a decision (or on which a higher-level Editor has made a decision if the user's Editor role does not have the permission, Make a Decision). Decision is in the Reject and Transfer Decision Family, and the Corresponding Author has not responded to the active transfer offer. (Publication must use transfer feature.)
My Assignments with Final Disposition contains submissions assigned to the user that have a final disposition.
A Linked Submission Groups section appears if the publication uses the linking feature and the Editor role has related permissions. For details, see Linked Submissions.
A Fees and Payments section appears if the publication has enabled Commerce Manager and the Editor role has related permissions. For details, see Commerce Manager .
A Legacy Manuscripts appears if the publication has imported manuscripts into EM from a prior submission tracking system and the Editor role has related permissions. For details, see Legacy System Information.
Links in this section provide access to the Search Submissions and Search People functions. (Editor role must have corresponding RoleManager search permissions.) For information about searching, see Search Functions.
Saved searches appear in an expandable list below the search tool links.
This expandable section displays the Completed Reviews Grid. The grid contains links to navigate to folders sorted by number of reviews complete. (Editor role must have the permission, View Completed Reviews Grid in Main Menu.)
An Administrative Functions section may appear if the Editor role has at least one of the related permissions. This section displays links to several administrative areas.
System Administrator Functions provides access to EM configuration pages. (Editor role must have permission, System Administration Functions.)
Register New User provides access to the proxy registration interface. (Editor role must have permission, Proxy Register New Users.) For details, see Editors May Proxy Register New Users .
Reports provides access to the Reports page. (Editor role must have permission, Produce Reports.) For details, see Reporting.
Send Reminder Letters provides access to the Send Reminder Letters page. (Editor role must have at least one related RoleManager permission.) For details, see Reminder Letters and Automated Reminder Reports .
Send Batch Email provides access to the Send Batch Email page. (Editor role must have permission, Send Batch Email.) For details, see Batch Email.
Notification Services Monitoring Report: See EM Web Services and EM Notification Services.
Additional folders may appear under the My Pending Assignments heading if the publication enables the related features.
An Editorial Submissions in Progress folder appears if the publication allows Editors to make submissions. For details, see Editors May Submit Manuscripts .
A Transferred Submissions folder may appear if the publication site is configured to receive submissions transferred from other publications. For details, see Transfer Submissions Between Publications.
Several Ingested Submissions folders may appear if the publication site is configured to ingest submissions from third-part Manuscript Service Providers (MSP) or publisher Author Portals (AP). For details, see Ingest Submissions.
Two Direct-to-Editor folders may appear if the publication is using the Direct-to-Editor feature. For details, see Direct-to-Editor Feature.
For related information, see:
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