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User guide
Editor guide
As editor, you will evaluate the article, suggest improvements and propose or take a decision. This guide presents the following: - an overview of the general interface - an overview of the article page - an overview of relevant actions on articles
Editorial office guide
As editorial office, you will have access to many configurations in Nestor. This section provides an overview of the most common configurations and possibilities to administer your journal.
Release notes
Each Nestor version will be documented in a page here, listing new features and fixes
Presentation of the article page
Selecting an article will display the article information page. This page is divided into: * the upper area, containing the main information about the article * the lower area, containing information related to versions
Presentation of the general interface
Peer review management
Editor assignment and responsibility
This section details the assigment process and the concepts related to editorial responsibility: - Who is the current editor of an article, what are the consequences? - Who is the editor in charge? - How does editorial responsability switch from an editor...
FAQ
Configuration of articles
This chapter describes how to configure articles in the journal: submission elements, workflows etc.
Editorial decisions and proposals
Configuration of user rights
Configuration of e-mail templates and reminders
Categorization of articles
Login
From https://xxxxx.nestor-edp.org/ please click on the LOGIN button at the top. You will be requested to enter your e-mail and password. Once connnected, you have access to your activities as author, co-author or referee available in three dedicated t...
I want to link my ORCID and update my personal information
Once registered and logged in, please click on your name and on ‘My profile’. From this page, you can: Change your e-mail address and reset your password Link your ORCID account to your Nestor account Add or edit your institutes Set unavailabi...
Register
If it's the first time you come to Nestor, please click on the REGISTER button at the top. Enter the requested information. You will then receive an e-mail containing a deeplink. Click (or copy and paste) this link and complete your information, i.e. cho...
Menus
On the editorial home page, two menus are available: the left vertical menu, which features: search tools notification tools journal configuration tools (if your profile allows it) the upper horizontal menu, to manage your personal account ...
Dashboards & colored counters
Nestor dashboards offer a quick overview of the journal activity, sorting articles by status and counting them. Red counters sum up articles where the due date is exceeded Green counters sum up articles where the due date is not exceeded Standard d...
Upper area: the main information
The main information module is located in the upper area. It contains the most important information about the manuscript: The reference, status and flags The quick actions tool bar The article title The authors linked to the article, and tools to ma...
Lower area: versions
For each revision of an article, Nestor will create a new tab in the lower part. Information about the article is stored for each version. The specific modules of the lower area are described in the following pages: The metadata module The fil...
The file management module
On the right hand side is the file management module, which lists all files submitted by the author for this version. This module allows to: download a file (click on the file name) delete a file (click on the red bin) upload files (click on the “...
How to send files to Similarity Check?
Nestor can send files to Similarity Check (SC). SC can be triggered either manually or automatically. Automatic Similarity Check Automatic SC is defined at the file type level. The conditions are the following: the auto SC box type must be checked i...
Configuration of article submission
The submission workflow is the most technical configuration! At the minimum, we recommend to follow the following steps, hang in there: File type configuration Article type configuration Submission instructions configuration The file type configurati...
Configuration of article types
Article types may be configured in the journal configuration, where article types are listed, and may be created, updated, or deleted: Clicking on “Configure article type” will get you to the article type configuration, where the following options mus...
The editor tells me he cannot perform an action. How can I see his interface and help troubleshoot it?
Administrators are allowed to log in as another user and perform actions on his/her behalf. This allows the administrator to see exactly what the users experience, and helps to quickly troubleshoot problems. Note that users' passwords are crypted and remain u...
Editable / automated e-mails
E-mails are the primary mean of communication through Nestor: Authors and editors may not check the sytem regularly, and overlook their to-do list. Referees may not have an active account, and by nature will take action only when prompted by e-mail ...
2.40 - Stand as user
29 May 2021 - Improvement of the user bar The previous user bar was confusing for some users, especially to editors who had to juggle between author/editor interfaces. The user bar has been redesigned, and is now unified across all interfaces. - Releas...
2.50 - Internal notifications
18 June 2021 - Release of the internal notification tool Important mails sent by Nestor are now emphasized in the recipient interface: Mail alerts are now displayed in the editors' left bar. - Improvement of the editor dashboardGlobal and personal d...
2.60 - Advanced search
9 August 2021 - Release of the advanced search tool: - combine multiple criteria to refine your article searches - saved searches - display saved searches on dashboard - Improvement of the referee decline tool: provide a fixed list of common decline...
2.70 - Article page: information correction
27 September 2021 - Improvement of the article page: - Information display is clearer. - Information modification is easier, and does not require page reload anymore.
2.80 - Responsive design, editor in charge
10 November 2021 - Release of responsive design for the editor interface: aticle pages are now displayed properly on mobiles. - Release of the "Editor in charge" feature, and refinement of the article workflow (two new article statuses).These allow better fi...
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 share important information on an article, by displaying an "editorial note" on the article page. - Improvement of the file types and production configurationThis ...
3.00 - Data exports
16 December 2021 Release of the data export feature, accessible from article datatables: