May - July 2023

Restrictions to the Journal Admin Role

Users with the Journal Admin role can no longer do the following:

• Edit the following areas on the Basic Information tab of a journal configuration:
  • Journal Details, including LaTeX Main Document Support.
  • Journal Links except for Journal Contact E-mail.
  • Peer Review Policy
  • ORCID Policy
  • Notifications
• Add or remove Additional Information (Custom Questions) that are not included in the Submission Summary.
• Change the journal's Author Details settings.
• Create or delete File Designations.
• Change the journal's Screening settings.
• Add, remove, or deactivate Article Types.
• Change the journal's Workflow Model settings.

Automatic Comment for Change Ownership Action

Author Portal now automatically adds a comment when an administrator changes the owner of a submission.

• Change Submission Ownership

Check S1M Status Improvement

When clicking Check S1M Status in the Submissions tab of the Admin Tool, the S1M Status field on the submission card is always populated, regardless of whether the Author Portal and ScholarOne statuses match, or whether the status check succeeded.

• Check S1M Status

Resolve Failure Caused by Deletion of Submission on ScholarOne

If a submitter deletes their submission made through Author Portal on ScholarOne, Author Portal now sends the submitter a relevant email notification. The email includes a link to the Submission Overview page in Author Portal for the submission where the submitter can resend or resubmit the manuscript to the journal.

Co-authors do not receive an email notification; however, Author Portal displays a relevant message about the submission failure on each co-author's My Submissions page and the manuscript's Submission Overview page.

• Resolve Failure for a Deleted Manuscript
• Configure Notifications

Configurable Additional Information Questions

Deactivated Article Types Are Retained for Reject and Resubmit Decisions

Author Portal now supports the retention of a previously submitted article type/special issue through a Reject and Resubmit decision, even if the article type has been deactivated.

• About the Reject and Resubmit Workflow
• Start Resubmission of a Rejected Manuscript

Co-author Dashboard

Co-authors who are not submitters can now view submissions they have co-authored on Author Portal.

• View a Submission You Co-authored
• Co-Author Account Creation Templates

Accessibility Improvements

The following accessibility improvements were released in this quarter:

• Browser focus is set to the appropriate on-screen element when a dialog is displayed or is closed or when the content of a page changes dynamically.
• Keyboard users can use standard keys to navigate to, and away from, the Additional Info > File upload drop zones.
• Assistive technologies such as screen readers now correctly announce error and loading messages, controls, and images.