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As an Editorial Fellow, you are automatically a member of the
Editorial College, whose detailed functioning is explained in the
by-laws. These include a
detailed description of the Submissions handling process, of which this is
a quick summary.
Some other important information is to be found in the
Journals Terms and Conditions.
At any moment, you can peruse the
Submissions Pool in order to view the status of all Submissions
currently undergoing peer review in SciPost. Only members of the Editorial
College and Editorial Administrators have access to this page.
You can become Editor-in-charge of a Submission by either:
Editorial Workflow: Summary
The Submissions Pool
Becoming Editor-in-charge of a Submission
For each incoming Submission, assignment requests are emailed to a handful of
Fellows whose expertise matches that of the Submission. You are never obliged
to accept an assignment; we do however appreciate a quick response, including a
reason for declining (since this determines the results of the pre-screening stage:
if five Fellows decline for lack of interest, the paper is rejected at this stage).
Once you become Editor-in-charge of a Submission, you gain access to this Submission's Editorial Page, containing all you need to run the editorial process. The online tools at your disposal are meant to make your work as Editor-in-charge as simple and rapid as possible. They allow you to:
Here is a step-by-step guide to the process (when appropriate, you will receive emails containing relevant information and notifying you of any pending tasks):
After you have formulated and sent your Editorial Recommendation, your tasks are fulfilled.
If and when the paper is resubmitted (after minor or major modifications), the process starts again with you as Editor-in-charge (you can start a new refereeing round if needed, or immediately formulate a new Editorial Recommendation).
If your Editorial Recommendation is for minor or major modification of the paper, it is forwarded directly to the authors. If it is to accept or reject the paper, it is forwarded to the Editorial College for ratification.
From this point onwards, the process is carried further by the Editorial Administrators.
The binding decision on publication or rejection is taken by the Editorial College. Fellows receive a communication by email from the Editorial Administrators, asking for ratification of submitted Editorial Recommendations. Acceptance of the Editor-in-charge's recommendation is tacitly assumed when no response is received.
Post-acceptance, the paper is handled by the production team, who produce the final version and publish it in the relevant Journal. As an Editorial Fellow, you carry no responsibility for any of these tasks.
Your involvement in the Editorial College is greatly valued, and we understand that your time is precious. A normal workload would be to handle a handful of Submissions in any calendar year. This should represent on average two to four hours of work per month.
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