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4.40 - Automatic Similarity Check, automatic referee notifications, mandatory expertise fields
22 June 2023 Similarity Check: makeover and automation On article files, Similarity Chec...
4.50 - Editor dashboard refactoring, minor graphic updates
27 July 2023 Editor interface: improvement of the personal dashboard The personal dashboa...
4.60 - Conflict of interest checks, improved flags
31 August 2023 Improved checks for conflicts of interest Sometimes, editors submit their ow...
4.70 - Quick search, sorting lists, security
21 September 2023 Improvement of the quick search Besides looking up the reference, quick sea...
4.80 - Submission instructions, long answers, referee similarity check
12 October 2023 Improvement on submission instructions The journal configuration already ...
5.00 - Saved searches display, revert actions, mail enclosures
7 November 2023 Customised display on search results The improvements on article lists ...
5.10 - Quality of life updates
10 – 22 November 2023 General - Submission: major upgrade of the unzip/LaTeX compilation ut...
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...
5.30 - Article lists: update on viewable / exportable columns
11 January 2024 Article lists: the referee column By default, articles lists now display a ...
5.40 - Improvements of the production and referee workflows
29 January 2024 Improvements of the production workflow Actions related to production are n...
Configuration of automatic reminders
Automatic reminders are configured here, they are sorted by family of recipients: Author a...
The due date
The due date is indicated in the upper part of the article page. The due date ind...
FAQs for journals migrating from MMS
The Manuscript Management System (MMS) for your journal has migrated to a new platform NESTOR (Ne...
How to send files to Similarity Check?
Nestor can send files to Similarity Check (SC). SC can be triggered either manually or automati...
Editorial interface for A&A: a quick overview
This guide is intended for Associate Editors of A&A. It gives a quick overview of the general men...
Statistics
Day-to-day statistics To prepare statistics on articles, you can use advanced searches and data ...
Articles lists: views and exports
Overview From the dashboard, clicking on a status will lead you to the list of articles match...
Flags
Flags are symbols displayed on articles, to help editors to identify important information. They ...
Data exports
Exporting data from Nestor is a simple process, please have a look here :)
Configuration of file types
File types may be configured in the journal configuration, where file types are listed, and may b...