# Editorial assignments
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### Manual assignments
Configuring a manual assignment is done at the [profile](https://doc.nestor-edp.org/books/editorial-office-guide/chapter/configuration-of-user-rights) level. For a given profile:
- ensure it can manage editor assignment,
- and check which profiles he can see.
For example, an Editor-in-Chief will usually have the right to assign:
- himself or another EIC
- an associate editor
- a guest editor
[](https://doc.nestor-edp.org/uploads/images/gallery/2026-08/6N52nPv7slxoDl4y-image.png)
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### Automatic assignments and editors' chains
Automatic assignments can be configured when the first version of a paper is submitted. This is done on this dedicated page:
[](https://doc.nestor-edp.org/uploads/images/gallery/2026-08/uVCFuArnZuRzk7up-image.png)
Automatic assignments are sorted by priority. An automatic assignment with inactive editors will always be ignored (see ⚠ in the screenshot)
Once a couple criteria/value is fullfilled, the assignment applies and no assignment below is applied. In the example above, if a submitted paper belongs to the special issue Akari, then it will be assigned to Nicolas, Catherine and Vasili. The assignments below are ignored.
An editors' chain is a set of several editors. When assigning a chain, Nestor will respect [responsability rules](https://doc.nestor-edp.org/books/editor-guide/page/how-does-editorial-responsibility-switch). As such, the last editor in a chain will always be the [current editor](https://doc.nestor-edp.org/books/editor-guide/page/current-editor-and-to-do-list) and will receive the notification. His parent editors are merely put in cc of the notification.