REUTERS/Tim Wimborne
28-APRIL-2014
SCHOLAR ONE  MANUSCRIPTS  EDITOR
USER GUIDE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION 1 USE GET HELP NOW & FAQS (1)
SITE CONFIGURATION AND THIS DOCUMENT (1)
ACCESSING SCHOLARONE MANUSCRIPTS 2 CHANGING YOUR USER ACCOUNT INFORMATION (3)
LOGGING IN/OUT (4)
FORGOT YOUR PASSWORD? (5)
NAVIGATION OVERVIEW 5 HEADER FEATURES (5)
FOOTER FEATURES (6)
LANGUAGE TOGGLE (7)
WELCOME PAGE (MAIN MENU) (8)
OVERVIEW OF THE EIC AND ASSOCIATE EDITOR CENTER 9 EIC VIEW (9)
ASSOCIATE EDITOR VIEW (10)
ACCESS MANUSCRIPTS VIA THE EDITOR LISTS (10)
ASSIGNING EDITORS 12 ASSIGN ASSOCIATE EDITOR – EIC ROLE (12)
CHANGE ASSOCIATE EDITOR ASSIGNMENT – EIC ROLE (14)
SELECT, INVITE, AND ASSIGN REVIEWERS 16 OVERVIEW OF SELECT, INVITE AND ASSIGN REVIEWERS – ASSOCIATE EDITOR ROLE (16)
ABOUT THE PROGRESS INDICATOR (16)
editor decisionBYPASSING THE PEER REVIEW PROCESS (16)
DOUBLE-QUEUING OF MANUSCRIPT (16)
SELECTING A REVIEWER (18)
REVIEWER SEARCH METHODS (20)
ADDING NEW REVIEWERS (27)
INVITE A REVIEWER (28)
INVITE ALL (28)
ALTERNATE REVIEWER LIST (28)
ASSIGN A REVIEWER (30)
DECLINE SUGGEST ALTERNATES (30)
GRANTING EXTENSIONS AND EDITING REVIEWER REMINDERS (31)
DATE REVIEW LAST SAVED (33)
SETTING SEARCH PREFERENCES (33)
ASSOCIATE EDIOR ROLE AND EIC ROLE VIEWING COMPLETED REVIEWS 34 RESCIND A REVIEW (35)
MAKING MANUSCRIPT DECISIONS 36 MAKE FINAL DECISION - EIC OR ASSOCIATE EDITOR (36)
RESCINDING A FINAL DECISION (37)
MAKE RECOMMENDATION – ASSOCIATE EDITOR (38)
MAKE PRELIMINARY DECISION – ASSOCIATE EDITOR (39)
APPROVE PRELIMINARY DECISION – EIC (39)
MAKING AN IMMEDIATE DECISION - EIC ROLE 40 EIC IMMEDIATE DECISION FROM THE MANUSCRIPT INFORMATION TAB (40)
EIC IMMEDIATE DECISION FROM A TASK RELATED TAB (41)
BLINDED REVIEWS 42 VIEWING MANUSCRIPT INFORMATION 42 THE MANUSCRIPT INFORMATION TAB (42)
MANUSCRIPT HEADER (43)
VIEWING PROOFS (44)
VERSION HISTORY (44)
PLAGIARISM CHECKING (46)
INTRODUCTION
USE GET HELP NOW & FAQS
As an Editor using ScholarOne Manuscripts for your journal, one of your greatest help tools is ScholarOne’s Frequently Asked Questions tab on our help site, Get Help Now. Our FAQs provide immediate answers to common user questions.
In addition, Get Help Now offers downloadable guides (such as this one), video tutorials, and the ability to create a case to get assistance from our support group. We recommend that you bookmark our help site and consult it often.
SITE CONFIGURATION AND THIS DOCUMENT
ScholarOne Manuscripts is configured for your specific site based on the needs of the journal or publisher.  The role names and fields used in this document may differ from your site.  The essential functions will be the same; however, you may not have some of the configurable options available to you.