Editor profile: decisions and proposals

Depending on his/her profile, an editor can either propose or take a decision on a version.

This is defined in the article workflow rights:

 

 

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Decisions and proposals: a comparison

 

Your journal may or may not allow scientific editors to send decisions directly. It sometimes happen that the decision to author is subject to approval by the Editor-in-Chief.

Examples of acceptance workflows, depending on the journal Example 1 Some journals have a straightforward acceptance workflow: The editor in charge sends the final decision directly to the author. Example 2 Other journals apply a more stringent procedure, where: The editor in charge proposes acceptance to the Editor-in-Chief The EIC checks the proposal and sends the final decision of acceptance

 

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Decisions	Proposals
Message from theEditor editorto Author	Message from Editor to his parent (assigning) editor
a decision has been proposed record of the proposal Recorded in the decision module change of the article status --> Decision proposed the parent editor (EIC) becomes current editor While a decision does the following:	Recorded in the decision module
Article changes status according to the articledecision	Article change status (accepted/rejected/revisionto in"Decision progress) proposed" the
The current editor does not change	The parent (assigning) editor becomes current