Editorial Team: User Roles

JAMS provides the platform for your entire editorial team to process manuscripts. Different editorial positions will have different permissions on the JAMS site to make sure that each editor has access to everything they need for their specific role. This article provides an overview of the different user roles and associated tasks that are carried out on JAMS.

Overview of Publisher and Editor Permissions in JAMS

Note: You can have multiple users with the same user role. You can also assign more than one role to a single user. See our article on Roles Assignment.

Note: The Super User can choose to also be any of these roles and will automatically have all of the permissions.

User Roles

Publisher

This role is designed for the person who oversees the editorial activity of the journal or publisher, but who does not make decisions about what to publish. The Publisher maintains journal data and editor roles, oversees papers under processing and can intervene in the editorial process where necessary.

Publishers can:

·        Add, remove, and modify editorial board data (including publisher/editor roles).

·        Add, remove, and modify journals.

·        Add, remove, and modify Special Issues.

·        Generate and download journal reports.

·        View all submissions.

·        Handle author proofreading and final publication.

·       Has full access to each stage of production and publication.

Journal Editor

The Journal Editor’s role is designed for the users who are involved in processing the manuscripts submitted to the journal(s). They can carry out the editorial work themselves, or assign a Handling Editor to take the manuscript through the editorial process.

Journal Editors can:

• Review all submissions to their journals.

• Accept and reject submissions.

• Assign a Handling Editor for each of the submitted manuscripts.

• Proceed to peer review immediately after submission.

• Invite, remove and remind reviewers.

• Ask authors for revisions.

• Reset the manuscript status (e.g., pending editorial decision to under review).

• Make final decisions after peer review.

• Invite and modify Editorial Board Members.

• Submit editorial decisions and send manuscripts to production.

Handling Editor

Handling Editors are tasked with processing specific manuscripts that have been assigned to them by a Journal Editor.

• Handling Editors have access to the following functions:

• See all submissions assigned to them.

• Invite and modify Academic Editors for their manuscripts.

• Invite, remove, and remind reviewers for their manuscripts.

• Invite and remind Authors to revise their manuscript.

• Send manuscripts to production.

Editorial Board Members (Academic Editors)

Editorial Board Members (called Academic Editors on JAMS) are added by Publishers. Their tasks involve making manuscript decisions (accepting, rejecting, request author revisions, or request additional review) as well as overseeing their assigned journals and adding comments or notes where necessary. To find out more about how to add Academic Editors, read this article.