Editor in charge and personal dashboard

The editor in charge of a manuscript is responsible of the scientific evaluation, oversee the review process, and proposes the final decision. Contrary to the current editor, the editor in charge remains the same throughout the life of the article.

Let us consider the following examples:

• The editor in charge recommends acceptance to his Editor-in-Chief: the EIC is now current.
• The EIC accepts the article and pass it on to a copy editor, the copy editor is now current.
• Meanwhile, the editor in charge remained the same.

The editor in charge notion serves two purposes:

• Keeping track of who handled the scientific workload on an article (which is useful for searches, exports and statistics)
• Displaying relevant articles in one's personal dashboard (below, in blue):