Configure the Preferred Editors Question in Author Portal
Configure the Preferred Editors additional information question in Author Portal.
Before you begin
Procedure
- In Author Portal, navigate to the required journal configuration.
- In the Additional Information tab, click Add.
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For the Preferred Editors question, click Use question.
The question will be added to the journal configuration.
- Locate the question in the list of added questions and click Configure.
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Specify at least one editor role.
Important: If no editor roles are specified, Author Portal will throw an error when you attempt to publish the journal configuration.
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Configure the question according to your requirements:
- Click Save.
What to do next
- In the Article Types tab, click Edit for the required article type.
- Click Configure Additional Information.
- Select whether the submitter should specify their preferred editor(s) during Submission, Revision, or both.Note: The Required checkbox is not configurable in this tab. Whether the question is required depends on how the Preferred Editors question has been configured in the Additional Information tab.
- Click Save.