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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...
5.90 LaTeX diff, workflow updates, automatic mail recipients
27 August 2024 LaTeX diff This feature is available for journals using the LaTeX compilation ...
6.00 - Refreshed articles, sorting expertise fields, referee exports
2 October 2024 Journal-related features Refreshed articles In Nestor lists, delayed articles...
6.10 - Editors' hierarchy, referee history, better account merges, new variables
19 December 2024 🌟🎄❄ Article workflow/user management When an EIC/EO unassigns someone: ...
6.20 - Improved files management, linking existing accounts
30 January 2025 File transfers The way we handle file transfers and storage has received a mu...
6.30 - Automatic renaming and stand as
17 March 2025 File types: automatic renaming This feature used to apply only during the auth...
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...