Configuration guide
This section provides an overview of adminstration features. It is reserved to editors with the following rights:
- Manage journal configuration
- Manage account profiles
Categorization of articles
Article types
Article types are the main entry point to configure the workflow. They are created, edited, or de...
Standard categorizations
Nestor provides a wide choice of tools to categorize articles: For a specific article, those c...
Special categorizations: custom fields
Custom fields are a way to categorize articles in any way besides standard categorizations. They ...
File types
File types may be configured in the journal configuration, where file types are listed, and may b...
Flags
Flags are symbols displayed on articles, to help editors to identify important information. They ...
Data exports
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Workflow configuration
The workflow is defined at the article type level. However, please also ensure that your users ca...
Workflow summary
The workflow is divided into statuses, an article will go through a series of statuses to reach a...
Submission
Before configuring the submission workflow, please ensure the following are defined properly in...
Technical check
Article type configuration The technical check workflow is first defined at the article type l...
Editorial assignments
Manual assignments Configuring a manual assignment is done at the profile level. For a given p...
Peer review
Configuration of the referee questionnaire First, configure your questions to the referee here...
Decisions: the recommendation system
Depending on your workflow needs, your journal can use very specific labels for decisions. Some d...
Configuration of questionnaires
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Configuration of user rights
The author and the referee profile
In Nestor, all users are considered potential authors or referees. Consequently, author and refer...
Editor profiles
Contrary to the author and referee profile, editor profiles are not unique. It is very common for...
Granting editor rights to someone
To grant an editor access to someone, you must first access the user page. Just click on someone'...
Disabling/removing an editor
When an editor leaves your editorial board, it is recommended to just disable his profile: Thi...
Editor profile: decisions and proposals
Depending on his/her profile, an editor can either propose or take a decision on a version (cf. t...
Editor profile: responsibility (in charge)
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Landing pages at connection
The behaviour of Nestor at login differs according to the user's profile and activity. Depending...
Configuration of e-mail templates and reminders
Overview of the template configuration
All templates linked to your journal are stored in the templates configuration: ...
Editable / automated e-mails
E-mails are the primary mean of communication through Nestor: Authors and editors may not ch...
Creating a new e-mail template
Creating an e-mail template is straightforward, just click here: You will be prompted with t...
Drafting templates with variables!
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Drafting templates with conditions!
Nestor uses a programming language to generate text in messages. You can harness this and use bra...
Attaching rules to templates
In Nestor, critical actions will trigger a message and update the article status / dates when n...
Notification bells
Important e-mails are sometimes lost in the crowd and overlooked by editors. This is especially...
Configuration of automatic reminders
Automatic reminders are configured here, they are sorted by family of recipients: Author a...
Creating a request for revision (to the author)
A request of revision must be created with the event: "Request for revision": Once the templat...
Statistics
Day-to-day statistics To prepare statistics on articles, you can use advanced searches and data ...
FAQ
The editor tells me he cannot perform an action. How can I see his interface and help troubleshoot it?
Administrators are allowed to log in as another user and perform actions on his/her behalf. This...
How to send files to Similarity Check?
Nestor can send files to Similarity Check (SC). SC can be triggered either manually or automati...
How can I set up automatic reminders?
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