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27 August 2024 LaTeX diff This feature is available for journals using the LaTeX compilation feature. Using this, Nestor compares two LaTeX source files and generates a comparison PDF. This is useful to track changes from one version to another.   Even...

2 October 2024 Journal-related features Refreshed articles In Nestor lists, delayed articles are tagged in red: This color is solely based on the article due date, whether it has passed or not. In some journals, this proved confusing for editors, who ...

When an editor leaves your editorial board, it is recommended to just disable his profile: This way: The user will still have access to his editing history. And most importantly can still finish the editorial process on pending articles where he/she is ...

19 December 2024 🌟🎄❄ Article workflow/user management When an EIC/EO unassigns someone: Nestor will now check if this editor is the (assigning) parent of someone else. If so, you will have to select a substitute parent to complete the action and maint...

30 January 2025 File transfers The way we handle file transfers and storage has received a much awaited update!  If you identify any hiccup when downloading/uploading a file from Nestor, please let us know at support@nestor-edp.org Improvement of the ...

17 March 2025 File types: automatic renaming This feature used to apply only during the author's submission. Automatic renamings will now be also applied in the back office, when an editor uploads a file via the file module, thus saving a few clicks to Ed...

1 April 2025 File types: pages and words counting This nice feature allows editorial offices to configure automatic counters. Typically, counting the number of pages of a manuscript when the author submits. You can set up the configuration at the file type...

14 May 2025 Authors and editors exports Following the referees' activity last year, we release two new data exports:- one concerning the author/co-author status on each article,- the other concerning editors These exports are available on any given list o...

16 June 2025 Standard, special and custom fields now all benefit from a unified configuration: For each metadata field, the label/description is now configurable, as well as joins with editor profiles and submission. This paves the way to 7.00, linkin...

You can assign yourself as a referee on the paper. In this case, you will receive the usual referee link to upload your referee report, and the author will receive this report grouped with other referee reports. Instead, please consider submitting an editor r...

In the referee module, click on the ‘Invite a referee’ button. If the journal requests this information during submission, you will have the possibility to invite the referee(s) suggested by the author. Declined referees can also suggest their own coll...

Starting 2025, Nestor has a partnership with the Prophy referee finder tool! Prophy is configured on a journal basis: to activate the feature, please contact us at support@nestor-edp.org Triggering Prophy In the referee module, click on the ‘Invite a referee...

15 July 2025 Prophy integration summary: https://doc.nestor-edp.org/books/editor-guide/page/referee-ai-search-with-prophy

8 September 2025 Metadata configuration Following 6.60, metadata benefit from a series of updates: Set the visibility of individual metadata fields for authors and referees: By default, the following standard metadata will be displayed to authors a...