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6.40 - Document counters, automatic computations based on metadata
1 April 2025 File types: pages and words counting This nice feature allows editorial offices ...
6.50 - new user exports, referee invitation, stop production
14 May 2025 Authors and editors exports Following the referees' activity last year, we releas...
6.60 - Metadata configuration, unfolded articles flag, LaTeX extractions
16 June 2025 Standard, special and custom fields now all benefit from a unified configuration:...
6.70 - Prophy referee suggestions
15 July 2025 Prophy integration summary: https://doc.nestor-edp.org/books/editor-guide/page/re...
7.00 - Metadata & questionnaire configuration
8 September 2025 Metadata configuration Following 6.60, metadata benefit from a series of upd...
Upper area: the main information
The main information module is located in the upper area. It contains the most important info...
Assigning editors
If you are an Editor-in-Chief, you will likely assign articles to other editors (e.g. Associate E...
Taking the editorial decision
Accessing decisions Once expected reports are received on a version, the article will switch t...
Editor profiles
Contrary to the author and referee profile, editor profiles are not unique. It is very common for...
Dashboards, status and counters
Nestor dashboards offer a quick overview of the journal activity, sorting articles by status an...
FAQ
I cannot send my decision on this article, why? If the buttons are unavailable in the decision...
The due date
The due date is indicated in the upper part of the article page. The due date ind...
Configuration of automatic reminders
Automatic reminders are configured here, they are sorted by family of recipients: Author a...
Finding/creating a referee
In the referee module, click on the ‘Invite a referee’ button. You can search a referee...
Contact a suggested referee
In the referee module, click on the ‘Invite a referee’ button. If the journal requests this ...
Referee AI search with Prophy
Starting 2025, Nestor has a partnership with the Prophy referee finder tool! Prophy is configured...
Managing invited referees
Actions on referees Once a referee has been invited to review an article, it is listed in ...
Checking/editing referee reports
Please click on the recommendation to open the referee report. You can edit the referee’s qu...
Uploading my own report on the paper
You can assign yourself as a referee on the paper. In this case, you will receive the usual refer...
Drafting templates with variables!
Writing in progress... ↁ_ↁ Any enquiries? please contact us: support@nestor-edp.org Modif...