As a book editor, it is important to be highly responsive specifically regarding author inquiries and interest about the book project. It is the responsibility of book editors to recruit the requisite number of chapter manuscripts for their edited book projects; thus, it is of great importance that editors immediately address any concerns and/or inquiries from authors and continuously check their book project in the eED system for new chapter proposals or full chapter manuscript submissions.
Editors are responsible for overseeing the management of the double-blind peer review process, and as such they must ensure that full chapter manuscript submissions are promptly being assigned to peer reviewers (contributing authors or an Editorial Advisory Board) through the eED system. This ensures that authors are receiving constructive feedback on their chapter in a timely manner, which ensures that their work is not sitting for months with no movement.
Along with the review process, in the case of needed revisions on chapter manuscripts, editors should make sure that they are keeping open lines of communication with all authors about when revisions are due, answering any questions about chapter manuscript revisions, and checking continuously for when chapter manuscript revisions have been submitted.
For information on accessing book projects in the eED System and other useful information, check out the
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Journal Editor(s)-in-Chief (EiCs) and Review Board Members
Much like book editors, journal EiCs are also responsible for the continuous recruitment of content (article manuscripts in this case) and the management of the double-blind peer review process. They also must ensure that they are being highly responsive regarding author inquiries and interest about the journal. As such, it is imperative that they remain active in the eED system, continuously checking their journal for new article manuscript submissions and promptly placing article manuscripts into initial assessment (desk review), and, if approved, into the full double-blind peer review process.
EiCs should strive to move newly submitted article manuscripts through the initial assessment (desk review) stage within 1-2 weeks of receiving the submission. Furthermore, EiCs and review board members should work efficiently to pass manuscripts through the peer review process and EiCs should aim to get a first decision to the author(s) in no more than 30 days. For EiCs, this means assigning reviewers in a timely fashion and promptly following up with those reviewers should they be nearing their deadline with no progress made. For reviewers, this means constantly keeping on top of review requests and returning the reviews expeditiously.
These steps are crucial for the on-time release of issues for subscription-based journals and the rapid distribution of articles for open access journals. These steps are also crucial when considering that authors are aiming to utilize the published research for their career advancement, networking opportunities, and to address research needs in the academic community; and also for the journal’s overall health and well-being – specifically, its indexing status, citation impact, and overall good standing in the research community.
For more information, see the Editor’s Guide for Journals and IGI Global’s Journal Editorial Policies for Standard Subscription-Based Journals and Gold Open Access Journals.
Chapter and Article Authors
While it is tremendously important that editors are regularly communicating with contributing authors to their projects, it is equally as important for chapter authors to understand that they should be continually checking on their submissions (chapters or articles) as often as possible within the eED System and monitoring their e-mail boxes for any communications relevant to their submissions. Once they submit a chapter proposal, full chapter, or article manuscript, the eED system tracks everything within their IGI Global account for them. Once they have logged in, they have unlimited access to anything they have submitted.
While editors should be sending notifications to let them know which stage of the process the submission is in, logging in continuously ensures that authors will not miss anything important.
Further Instruction on Accessing Submitted Work:
Submissions can be accessed by logging into the eED system and clicking the drop-down menu for “current projects”. Then authors can select the appropriate link. Authors can login to their IGI Global account here to not only access current projects, but previously published work, purchased titles, affiliation and biography information, and more.
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