7.00 - Metadata & questionnaire configuration

8 September 2025

Metadata configuration

Following 6.60, metadata benefit from a series of updates:

• Set the visibility of individual metadata fields for authors and referees:

By default, the following standard metadata will be displayed to authors and referees:

• article type
• section
• author list
• topical issue
• abstract
• comment

Questionnaire configuration

• Answers can (at last!) be used to fill standard or custom fields. 

• When configuring closed questions (select/check boxes), the interface has been revamped to match Nestor look and feel:

Editorial Board management

For editorial offices: on the profile page, two fields appear to track beginning and end of activity.

This data can be exported as well as other relevant editorial data:

Authors management: new activity button

On a user page, activity as co-author is now distinct from the activity as corresponding author:

Referee invitation: new warning

When inviting a referee on a given paper, Nestor now checks if the potential referee has submitted with co-authors in the past. If so, a warning will be raised:

Rights management

The code handling users' rights has been significantly overhauled to improve maintainability. Please let us know if you see something unusual: support@nestor-edp.org