August - October 2024

Manuscript Sub-Types Additional Information Question

A new additional information question has been introduced, Manuscript Sub-Types, which can be used with any journal. Authors can enter their manuscript's sub-type in the Additional Information submission step. Editors can then update the manuscript sub-type in ScholarOne, and this change is reflected in Author Portal for the author.

Journal Configuration Reports

Administrators with Tenant Super User rights or higher can generate and download reports with configuration information about all of the journals on the platform from the Reports tab in the Admin Tool. Only journals with ScholarOne as the peer review system are included in the reports.

Update for ScholarOne Unusual Activity Detection (UAD)

Changes have been made to both Author Portal and ScholarOne to restore accurate reporting of unusual activity.

Transfer Improvements

When authors click the link in the transfer email notification, the page they navigate to no longer displays the Cancel Import Request option.

Admin Improvements

Additional information question configuration fields that were previously labeled From and To are now labeled Minimum and Maximum.

For example: