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JJCO Online System MANUAL for Associate Editors

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Table of Contents

• Log In
• Main Menu
• Associate Editor Dashboard
• Checking MS
• Reviewer Selection
• Reviewer Invitation
• Reviewer Assignment
• Checking Reviewer Comments
• Making Recommendation

Last Updated July 2008
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1. Log In
1. Access http//mc.manuscriptcentral.com/pcp
Note If you forgot your password, insert your
email address here and your account info will be
sent to you.
2. Insert User ID and Password and click Log in.
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2. Main Menu
You will first come to the Main Menu. It will
show relevant centers which you can use.
Choose Associate Editor Center to work on a
manuscript you have been assigned.
(a)
(b)
(c)
Note If you would like to change your password,
go to Edit Account (a). If you need help, click
on Get help now and a window will pop up with
information and contact address at ScholarOne
(b). To log out, click on log out (c). These
tabs will be available in the upper right hand
corner at all times.
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3. Associate Editor Dashboard
When you have accessed your Editor Center, you
will find the Dashboard where information on
manuscripts assigned to you are found. There are
2 main features in the dashboard. They are
described on the next page.
(1) List of MSs
(2) Search Function
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3. Associate Editor Dashboard (contd)
The dashboard will show you how many MSs you have
at what step. Click on the list to see details.
Awaiting Reviewer Selection MSs you need to
search for reviewers Awaiting Reviewer
Invitation MSs where you have listed potential
reviewers, but have not sent an invitation
email. Awaiting Reviewer Assignment MSs where
you have sent invitations but the reviewers have
not responded. Awaiting Reviewer Scores MSs
where reviewers are reviewing. Overdue Reviewers
Scores MSs where reviewers have not turned in
comments by due date. Awaiting Editor Decision
MSs where sufficient number of comments are
turned in to make Decision.
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3. Associate Editor Dashboard (contd)
Search Function
You can search for a manuscript by typing in
manuscript ID or title etc. and clicking on the
Search button.
Note 1 Wild card search In this version, wild
card search is available. By abbreviating words
with an asterisk () you may search by incomplete
word or by alphabet. Example If you would like
to search for all Manuscripts in 2007, you may do
so by inserting 07 in the Manuscript ID. Or,
if you like to search for a manuscript by an
author whose name begins with an A, you may do
so by inserting A in the authors first or last
name section.
Note 2 For more detailed search, click on Show
Advanced Search and more search terms will
appear.
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4. Checking MS
Clicking on the Awaiting Reviewer Selection
link on the Dashboard, the system will show you a
list of MSs that requires selection of reviewers.
Click on Take Action button to go to the
necessary step.
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4. Checking MS (contd)
The tab on the top corner will show you what step
you are on. The tabs on the left shows basic
information of the manuscript.

To view the manuscript, click on the HTML or PDF
button. HTML is easier to read on screen, and
PDF is better for printing out.
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5. Reviewer Selection

• There are several ways to select reviewers.
• Select the reviewer preferred (or non-preferred)
  by the authors.
• Select reviewers through quick search.
• Select reviewers through advanced search
• Create an account for a new reviewer
• Detail of each are described in the following
  pages.

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5. Reviewer Selection (1) Preferred or
non-preferred reviewer
If the author suggested referees for the
manuscript, a list will show in the Authors
Preferred/Non-Preferred referees list. If you
wish to select these people as reviewers, click
on Add and Press on the Add button to list
the person in the Reviewer List.
(1)
(2)
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5. Reviewer Selection (2) Quick Search
If you scroll down the screen, you will find
Quick Search. Insert the last name or first
name of the person, and click on search. You can
do a wild card search here as well. (Wild card
search is explained on page 7.)
1. Enter the first or last name of the reviewer.
2. Click Search
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5. Reviewer Selection (3) Advanced Search
If you scroll further down, you will see Advanced
Search where you can find more search terms.
Insert search terms and press on the search
button.
1. Select Reviewer
2. Enter any items you wish to search
3. Click Search
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5. Reviewer Selection (3) Search Results
Detail
If you click on the magnifying glass icon, detail
will be shown as below. If you need more detail
on the manuscripts reviewed by the reviewer,
click on Show Reviewer History and the system
will show you which manuscript the person
reviewed, and how quickly.
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5. Reviewer Selection (4) Create a new account
If you search for a referee in other search
engines and would like to add a new person, you
may do so with the Create Reviewer Account
function.
Note Please do a quick search for the person to
ensure that you are not creating a duplicate
account. Duplicate accounts cause system
problems.
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5. Reviewer Selection (4) Create a new
account (contd)
(1) Insert the name and email address of the
person. Please make sure you choose a
salutation, as that will be automatically
reflected in email templates.
If you know more information about the person,
please click here and add information.
(2) Click on Create and Add to create the
account.
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5. Reviewer Selection Finishing Up
Once you select reviewers by pressing on the Add
button, the reviewers will be listed in the
Reviewer list. You may remove the person by
pressing the Remove button if you wish to
select someone else.
The action tab will now show Invite Reviewers
to show that the reviewer Selection stage has
been completed.
The reviewers you selected will be listed here.
A check mark will be filled out in the selections
box.
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6. Reviewer Invitation
If you would like to invite the reviewer right
after completing selection, please click on the
Invite button, check the email that pops up,
and send it to the reviewer by clicking on the
send e-mail button.
1. Click Invite
2. Check the message
3. Click Save and Send to send.
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6. Review Invitation (Contd)
Once you send the invitation letter out, the
status will change, and you will know that the
step is completed.
The status now says Invited
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7. Reviewer Assignment
Reviewers can respond whether they can review or
not by clicking the url links provided in the
invitation email. Their replies will be
automatically reflected on the system.
Status updated
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7. Reviewer Assignment (contd)
Required number of reviewers for JJCO is 2. To
process the review, the number of agreed
reviewers need to meet with the required number.
If you need to process the review with less/more
than 2 reviewers, please change the required
to make decision in Progress field.
1.Change the required number
2. Click Save
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8. Checking Reviewer Comments
Once required number of reviews are received, you
will receive email saying that the manuscript is
ready for a recommendation to the Editor. Please
access the system to check the review comments.
(1) Go to Associate Editor Center
(2) Click on Awaiting AE Recommendation link.
(3) Click on Take Action
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8. Checking Reviewer Comments (contd)
To see referee comments, click on View review
link.
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9. Make Recommendation
Confirm the sheet for Make Recommendation, check
the relevant recommendation and click on submit
a recommendation. If you would like to save
your comments and send it later, click on Save
as Draft.
1. View Review Comment
2. Complete the Recommendation Sheet
3. Click Submit to send your recommendation.
Note comments inserted in this field will not be
reflected on the decision mail. This section is
for internal use only.
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