Submit Revision 

The ‘Submit Revision’ link provides access to the ‘Submit Revised Manuscript’ interface that leads you through the submission process.

This interface is similar to the ‘Submit New Manuscript’ interface.  When you get to the ‘Attach Files’ step in the process, you are presented with the list of source files from the previous version.  You may choose whether or not to carry over files from the previous version to the new Revision.

When presented with the list of source files, there is a checkbox displayed to the right of each file.  The checkbox must be checked to carry the file over to the new version of the submission.  Read the instructions the Journal will provide on screen to see what they prefer.  (See below)

Click ‘Next’ to proceed to the next page where you will be given the option to upload your revised files to attach to the Revised Submission.  Again, you will be able to reorder your files with the arrows, and upload your new files (see below). Click ‘Next’ to Build PDF for your Approval.

Respond to Reviewers

A ‘Respond to Reviewers’ Submission Step can be displayed on the ‘Submit Revision’ page.  The Author can click the ‘View Decision Letter’ link to view the decision letter, which includes the blinded comments from each Reviewer.  If your journal has this step enabled, then you should respond to each Reviewer’s comments, by typing (or copy and pasting) responses into the text box. 

If the ‘Respond to Reviewers’ step is ‘Required’, then you will not be able to build the revision PDF until text has been entered in the ‘Respond to Reviewers’ text box.

You may access to your own responses to Reviewer Comments in the ‘Revisions Being Processed’ and ‘Submissions with Decision’ folders.