Release notes
Each Nestor version will be documented in a page here, listing new features and fixes
7.00 - Metadata & questionnaire configuration
8 September 2025 Metadata configuration Following 6.60, metadata benefit from a series of upd...
6.70 - Prophy referee suggestions
15 July 2025 Prophy integration summary: https://doc.nestor-edp.org/books/editor-guide/page/re...
6.60 - Metadata configuration, unfolded articles flag, LaTeX extractions
16 June 2025 Standard, special and custom fields now all benefit from a unified configuration:...
6.50 - new user exports, referee invitation, stop production
14 May 2025 Authors and editors exports Following the referees' activity last year, we releas...
6.40 - Document counters, automatic computations based on metadata
1 April 2025 File types: pages and words counting This nice feature allows editorial offices ...
6.30 - Automatic renaming and stand as
17 March 2025 File types: automatic renaming This feature used to apply only during the auth...
6.20 - Improved files management, linking existing accounts
30 January 2025 File transfers The way we handle file transfers and storage has received a mu...
6.10 - Editors' hierarchy, referee history, better account merges, new variables
19 December 2024 🌟🎄❄ Article workflow/user management When an EIC/EO unassigns someone: ...
6.00 - Refreshed articles, sorting expertise fields, referee exports
2 October 2024 Journal-related features Refreshed articles In Nestor lists, delayed articles...
5.90 LaTeX diff, workflow updates, automatic mail recipients
27 August 2024 LaTeX diff This feature is available for journals using the LaTeX compilation ...
5.80 - Editorial assignment tool, correcting co-authors addresses, workflow dates
29 July 2024 More information on the assignment tool Editors-in-Chief will now benefit from a...
5.75 - The return of the classic referee search, roomier mail edits
26 June 2024 Classic referee search The classic search makes a come back, allowing editors to...
5.70 - File renaming, author view on article history
10 June 2024 Automatic file renaming Note: a very cool feature, which must be first activated...
5.60 - Referees reinvitations, submission files extension locks
15 May 2024 Referee reinvitations When the editor receives a revision, it is now easier t...
5.50 - Landing pages, secure deep links, article history for authors, production workflow
21 March 2024 🌻🌼🌹 Landing page behaviour The behaviour of Nestor at login has been refined ...
5.40 - Improvements of the production and referee workflows
29 January 2024 Improvements of the production workflow Actions related to production are n...
5.30 - Article lists: update on viewable / exportable columns
11 January 2024 Article lists: the referee column By default, articles lists now display a ...
5.20 - arXiv identifier, friendlier editing behaviours on the article page
6 December 2023 Adding the arXiv identifier Authors may now submit their arXiv identifier...
5.10 - Quality of life updates
10 – 22 November 2023 General - Submission: major upgrade of the unzip/LaTeX compilation ut...
5.00 - Saved searches display, revert actions, mail enclosures
7 November 2023 Customised display on search results The improvements on article lists ...
4.80 - Submission instructions, long answers, referee similarity check
12 October 2023 Improvement on submission instructions The journal configuration already ...
4.70 - Quick search, sorting lists, security
21 September 2023 Improvement of the quick search Besides looking up the reference, quick sea...
4.60 - Conflict of interest checks, improved flags
31 August 2023 Improved checks for conflicts of interest Sometimes, editors submit their ow...
4.50 - Editor dashboard refactoring, minor graphic updates
27 July 2023 Editor interface: improvement of the personal dashboard The personal dashboa...
4.40 - Automatic Similarity Check, automatic referee notifications, mandatory expertise fields
22 June 2023 Similarity Check: makeover and automation On article files, Similarity Chec...
4.30 - Ajax, configuration pages, improved proof workflow
04 May 2023 Ajax everywhere Thanks to Ajax, Nestor quits refreshing whole pages each time you e...
4.20 - Editor reminders, notifications
15 March 2023 Automated editor reminders Editors may now receive automated reminders by e-mai...
4.10 - Co-author search, revert actions
31 January 2023 New documentation pages We are happy to announce the opening of our new documen...
4.00 - Author and referee dashboards, mail template filters
6 December 2022 Major updates - Author/referee dashboardsThanks to your feedback, dashboard i...
3.80 - Author and referee rights
21 October 2022 Major updates - You may now configure specific rights for authors and referee...
3.70 - Instructions to authors, account merging, LaTeX extraction
8 September 2022 Major updates: relevant to administrators only! - Submission tunnel configur...
3.60 - Action bar, simplified workflow actions
3 August 2022 - Behold the shiny quick actions bar: on the article page, critical actions and ...
3.50 - Workflow refinements
4 July 2022 - Workflow refinements: recommendation/decision rights are now totally customizab...
3.40 - File and co-author module improvements
17 June 2022 - The file upload tool for editors has been simplified and mirrors what the autho...
3.30 - ORCID fixes, field update when triggering e-mail (rules)
15 April 2022 - User account pages: - Account pages may now be modified on the fly. No more...
3.20 - Article flags
18 March 2022 - Custom fields and flags: - custom fields are now displayable in articles list...
3.10 - Article configuration improvement, lists ordering
11 February 2022 - Author & referee forms: unified style guide - Improvement of the editor assi...
3.00 - Data exports
16 December 2021 Release of the data export feature, accessible from article datatables:
2.90 - Post-it, unique file and production sending
16 December 2021 - Release of the "post-it" toolThis tool provides a simple way for editors to s...
2.80 - Responsive design, editor in charge
10 November 2021 - Release of responsive design for the editor interface: aticle pages are now d...
2.70 - Article page: information correction
27 September 2021 - Improvement of the article page: - Information display is clearer. - ...
2.60 - Advanced search
9 August 2021 - Release of the advanced search tool: - combine multiple criteria to refine yo...
2.50 - Internal notifications
18 June 2021 - Release of the internal notification tool Important mails sent by Nestor are now...
2.40 - Stand as user
29 May 2021 - Improvement of the user bar The previous user bar was confusing for some users, e...