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Assigning editors

If you are an Editor-in-Chief, you will likely assign articles to other editors (e.g. Associate Editors, Guest Editors, etc.). Click on the ‘Assign an Editor’ menu and select the editor you want to assign. This opens the confirmation window, proposing you assignment e-mails:


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Once you confirm sending the message, the following happens:

  • the assigned editor is now responsible to move the editorial process forward. He is considered "current editor", which impacts his to-do list.
  • you are considered his "parent editor", this means any decision proposal from the assigned editor will come back to you for validation.

Additionally:

  • if the article status was "Awaiting assignment"
    • --> status changes to "New submission"
  • if the assigned editor has a chargeable profile


Current editor & editor in charge


In the article:

Most of the time, the scientific editor is both "current" and "in charge". Depending on your workflow, this can change later on in the process:

  • The editor in charge proposes an acceptance to the 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.

If necessary, editorial responsibility may be easily corrected with this tool:

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