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Custom fields are a way to categorize articles in any way besides standard categorizations. They can be quite simple (text, date etc.), or they can be used to create special options related to your journal. For a specific article, custom fields are available ...

The advanced search is available through two buttons in your interface: Criteria, operators and groups The advanced search allows you to look for articles by combining several criteria with AND and OR operators. To add a criteria, click on the (+) icon:...

Flags are symbols displayed on articles, to help editors to identify important information. They are visible both in articles pages and in articles lists. Flags on the article page Flags in article lists In article pages, flags are displayed in th...

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The quick actions toolbar is located in the upper part of the article page. It contains quick shortcuts to manage the article. Note that available actions will depend on:  the article status your own editor profile (see rights) For instance if the ar...

To grant an editor access to someone, you must first access the user page. Just click on someone's name in an article or in search results: In the user account page, you may simply assign the editor profile here:

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A brief explanation of statuses In your author dashboard, the workflow has been divided into functional steps (who is working on the articles). Your to-do list focuses on articles expecting an action from you. To-do list Back to author Arti...

On the left hand are the metadata fields. Metadata fields are editable by clicking directly on the values. Note that metadata can be edited only on the last submitted version of the article.   Depending on the article type configuration, metadata can include...

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22 June 2023   Similarity Check: makeover and automation On article files, Similarity Check (SC) buttons and results are now much more visible and understandable: At last, SC can be triggered automatically as soon as the author submits the pape...

Day-to-day statistics To prepare statistics on articles, you can use advanced searches and data exports to get the source data. From then on, you can handle common statistics requests using pivot tables in your favorite spreadsheet program.   Delay comput...

27 July 2023 Editor interface: improvement of the personal dashboard The personal dashboard received a major update regarding editorial responsibility. Beforehand, all articles were filtered according to the profile configuration: Now, the to-do l...

This guide is intended for Associate Editors of A&A. It gives a quick overview of the general menu and article page of NESTOR, and how these differ with the corresponding interfaces in MMS. Important notes You can connect to the system here. All d...

31 August 2023 Improved checks for conflicts of interest Sometimes, editors submit their own articles, and should be prevented from handling peer review. When that happens, prominent warnings / blocks have been implemented. Flags configuration: ...

21 September 2023 Improvement of the quick search Besides looking up the reference, quick search has been expanded to corresponding authors names and article titles.When the editor inputs several items, these are combined with the AND operator. So for exa...

12 October 2023 Improvement on submission instructions The journal configuration already allows to provide a thorough description of your file types and custom fields: This information is now displayed properly to the authors. When the description i...

The Manuscript Management System (MMS) for your journal has migrated to a new platform NESTOR (New Editorial System Tool for Research). All papers, including their data, files, correspondence history, reports, and associated users, have been migrated to this n...

7 November 2023 Customised display on search results The improvements on article lists (which rolled out in 4.70) have been extended to saved searches. That means:     - displayed columns    - columns order    - preferred sorting criteria    - numbe...