| Role | Scope and main responsibility | Manual |
|---|---|---|
| Platform Administrator | Installation-wide publishers, journals, users and platform settings. | Open manual |
| Publisher Administrator | Assigned publishers and their journals. | Open manual |
| Journal Administrator | Journal settings, memberships and workflow. | Open manual |
| Editor-in-Chief / Managing Editor | Senior journal handling, assessment and decision authority. | Open manual |
| Section Editor / Editor | Journal-level section-editor access; ordinary editors handle assigned manuscripts. | Open manual |
| Reviewer | Invited/accepted assignments and permitted files. | Open manual |
| Author | Own drafts, submissions, revisions and payments. | Open manual |
Manuscript lifecycle
- Draft preparation and author submission.
- Technical screening, with author corrections when needed.
- Reviewer invitations, accepted assignments and completed peer reviews.
- Editorial assessment, revisions/re-review or rejection.
- Provisional acceptance and payment verification/waiver if enabled.
- Final acceptance and subsequent publication metadata.
Available actions depend on role, journal membership, assignment and manuscript state. Administration rights do not automatically replace an author’s declarations or a reviewer’s report.
Documentation screenshots
The manuals include reference illustrations inherited from the supplied package. They are not newly captured Version 2.4 production sessions. Current written instructions take precedence over older labels visible in those illustrations.