Blinding Editors on some submissions

Journals can hide (blind) submissions from an Editor that are Authored or co-Authored by that Editor.

The journal office and other Editors with RoleManager permission can select which Editors are blinded from a submission (not allowed access to any information about that submission record).  This can be done at the time the submission is assigned to an Editor, or at anytime from the ‘Manuscript Details’ page.

From the ‘Assign Editor’ page: the journal office or Editor clicks the ‘Blind Editor’ link at the top of the ‘Assign Editor’ page, this delivers the Editor to a list of all Editors in the system.  A checkbox next to each name can be checked to blind Editors.

From the ‘Manuscript Details’ page: a link labeled ‘Blind Editor’ appears on the ‘Manuscript Details’ page, above the list of assigned Editors.  This link delivers the Editor to a list of all Editors in the system.  A checkbox next to each name can be checked to blind Editors.

Blinding an Editor does the following:

-          Suppresses the submission from all Editor folders displayed for that Editor

-          Suppresses the submission from being listed on the People Information page when that page is called up by a Blinded Editor

-          Suppresses the submission from being listed on any Reports that have ‘Send Reminders’ functionality such as: Author Reports (Author Revision Status, Author Revision Reminder); Reviewer Reports (Reviewers Invited – No Response, Reviewer Reminder); Editor Reports (New Assignments, Required Reviews Complete Report)

-          Suppresses the submission from appearing in ‘Search All Manuscripts’ results

To Configure:  Go to RoleManager, click on Editor Role, and click on ‘Edit’ next to each Editor role that should have this permission.  Click the checkbox next to the ‘Blind Editor’ permission (below the ‘Assign Editor’ permission).