Each submitted article can have an assigned editor who
will be responsible for distributing it to reviewers and
monitoring the peer review process. This includes the
ability to assign, change, send reminder messages, and
remove reviewers.
The responsible editor can be a user with the "Editor"
access level, which allows viewing all articles in the
system, or "Associate Editor," which permits viewing
only the articles assigned to that user.
There are two ways to configure the autonomy of an
Associate Editor when assigned to an article:
- With autonomy: The Associate
Editor can approve the articles assigned to them,
immediately generating a notification to the author
when the articles are approved, rejected, or
returned to the authors for correction.
- Without autonomy: The
Associate Editor makes recommendations for
decisions, meaning their final decisions are sent as
recommendations to the Chief Editor, who will then
make the final decision.