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1、Using Manuscript Central The Only People who Enjoy Change are Babies with Wet Diapers http:/ Page 1 Why Adopt Manuscript Central? ? Peer review process needs stronger focus Discipline Structure - Uniformity ? Improve overall timeliness improvements to meet TAB requirements ? Average submission to fi

2、rst decision 90 days (gradually reducing to 60 days by 2012) ? Average submission to publication 1100) ? Variety of selection techniques Search by area of expertise using key words Search for authors of similar papers Search by name, e-mail address, institution, academic credentials, etc Search by c

3、ommittee name (where set up by the committee) Input name and e-mail address of someone not in data base ? Return shows suggested reviewer loading and historical m-and r- scores ? AE must also specify number of reviews required before a decision can be taken IEEE requires at least TWO INDEPENDENT REV

4、IEWERS AE should not review papers for which they are responsible for review management ? Time required to complete identify reviewers and assign review responsibility ? Varies with search complexity typically 2 3 minutes ? AE can see reviewer workload; reviewer scoring history; historical reviewer

5、evaluation ? MSC automatically communicates assignment to reviewer Concern - ? Select only minimum number of reviewers: Potential timing issue ? Select more than minimum number of reviewers: Potential people issue Page 39 Reviewer Selection (by AE) ? Various database search strategies ? ? ? ? Quick

6、search by last name or e-mail address Related papers authors of papers with similar key words Auto -suggest search for reviewers with similar personal key words Advanced search comprehensive search of database ? Some reviewers designate committee affiliation as a key word ? Authors will be “blinded”

7、 ? Search results indicate ? ? ? ? Number of review assignments currently and in past 12 months Date of last completed review Historical average review score Historical average AE assessment of review quality ? Click box to select reviewer ? Then click Add Page 40 Reviewer Selection (by AE) ? IEEE r

8、equires minimum of two (2) reviewers may opt for more ? After selection, click Invite to trigger invitation e -mail ? Click Save and Send in popup windows to send e -mails Page 41 Manuscript Central Workflow Step 5: Complete the reviewdone by Reviewers ?Reviewers read the manuscript in Manuscript Ce

9、ntral ? Available as an HTML web page; may also download a pdf for off-line review ? Reviewer must complete nine multiple-choice questions ?reviewers subjective opinion of the paper ?answers determine numerical (m) score ? Reviewer must choose one of four specific recommendations ?Accept for Transac

10、tions with or without comments ?Accept for Magazine with or without comments ?Return to author for revision and resubmission for further review ?Reject ? Reviewer may offer anonymous comments for the author ?Can attach extended document use caution to retain anonymity ? Reviewer may offer confidenti

11、al comments to the AE ? Time required to complete a review ? Varies with manuscript ? Mechanics of conveying review conclusions to AE completed on-line Page 42 Review Example ? Header identifies paper, author, committee, keywords ? M-score visible only after review has been submitted Page 43 Typical

12、 Multiple Choice Question ? Questions from the traditional IAS Technical Paper Review form ? Questions assess important attributes of the manuscript ? Reviewers see “click boxes” with intermediate options ? Completed review indicates reviewers assessment Page 44 Reviewer Recommendations ? Options de

13、signed to make recommendation unequivocal Page 45 Opportunity for Reviewer Comments ? Confidential comments to Editor not shared with author ? Comments to the Author automatically appended to author notification e-mail ? Attached file most useful for “revise and resubmit” option ? Text file ? Annota

14、ted manuscript pdf Page 46 Manuscript Central Workflow Step 6: Recommend disposition ? ? done by Associate Editor MSC notifies AE when the required minimum number of reviews have been submitted AE examines recommendations from the reviewers and develops a final decision ?Accept as written for Transa

15、ctions ?Accept as written for Magazine ?Return to author for revision and resubmission for further review ?Reject MSC automatically notifies Technical Committee PRC when the AE decision has been made? ? Time required to make the decision ? Typically 1 minute or less ? AE also rates each reviewer on

16、timeliness and review quality Page 47 AE Recommendation ? AE sees summary of Reviewers Inputs ? Chooses one of four recommendations ? May provide additional comments ? Confidential seen only by TCPRC ? Other appended to author notification Page 48 Manuscript Central Workflow Step 7: Final Decision ?

17、 ? done by Papers Review Chair TCPRC decision is FINAL no longer require endorsement by Department Vice-Chair TCPRC may endorse or over-rule AE decision, but the choices are always: ?Accept for Transactions (with or without comments) ?Accept for Magazine (with or without comments) ?Return to author

18、for revision and resubmission ?Reject Once the TCPRC decision is made, Manuscript Central generates an e-mail informing the author. For accepted papers, the appropriate EiC is also automatically notified Requiring a separate TCPRC step allows for procedural variations between committees ? ? ? ? Time

19、 required to make the decision ? Typically 1 minute or less Page 49 TCPRC Decision ? TCPRC decision is final ? Four options ? May provide additional comments ? Confidential seen only by TCPRC ? Other appended to author notification ? E-mail template is appropriate to the decision ? E-mail provides n

20、ext step instructions to author Page 50 The “Revise and Resubmit Decision” ? implied promise of acceptance if the changes are made ? authors have 90 days to submit the revised manuscript too long? ? revised manuscript retains original tracking ID, but with a revision suffix Shades of Gray ? Reviewer

21、s comments to author are always attached to the decision ? If the decision is “Accept for publication”, suggested changes are voluntary ? If the decision is “Revise and Resubmit”, changes are mandatory and author must submit revised manuscript with changes ? To be useful to author, suggested changes

22、 should be explicit and detailed ? TCPRC has choices on “Revise and Resubmit” decisions ? Evaluate authors changes and make immediate decision to approve for publication ? Return to AE (and reviewers) for further evaluation Basic concept: four simple (unequivocal) choices Options: greater complexity

23、 where appropriate Page 51 Manuscript Central Workflow Remindering (aka “Autonag”) ? ? Every action has an associated deadline Manuscript Central generates automatic reminders ?In advance of each deadline ?At the deadline ?When actions are past due When actions are past-due, the individual who reque

24、sted/initiated the action receives a notice ? Deadlines: Administrative responses: 14 days Completion of review: 30 days Resubmission of revised m/s: 90 days Post-conference resubmission: 180 days after return If You Dont Have a Deadline - - - You Can Never Be Late! Page 52 Page 53 m / s s u b m i s

25、 s i o n A E a s s i g n m e n t R e v i e w e r i n v i t a t i o n r e v i e w e r a s s i g n m e n t r e v i e w c o m p l e t e A E r e c o m m e n d a t i o n f i r s t d e c i s i o n c o n f e r e n c e Scale: weeks Manuscript Central Workflow r e s u b m i s s i o n A E a s s i g n m e n t

26、r e v i e w e r i n v i t a t i o n r e v i e w e r a s s i g n m e n t Typical First Decision: 14 40 weeks r e v i e w c o m p l e t i o n A E r e c o m m e n d a t i o n f i n a l d e c i s i o n Manuscript Central Workflow Custom Reports Note latency ? IEEE Periodical Performance Summary ? Part o

27、f the periodic TAB audit ? Society-level statistics ? Special IAS version ? Report data by individual committee ? OpDept Chairs must include in their quarterly ExBoard report Page 54 Manuscript Central Workflow Reviewer Listing ?Designed to create the annual reviewer listing for the March issue of T

28、ransactions ? List of individuals who submitted a review during previous year by committee Committee Report ? Data selectable by committee ? Exportable as a csv file can be read into a spreadsheet (Excel) M/S IDTitle Corresponding Author Corresponding Author e-mail Submission Date Conference Review

29、Status Review outcome Decision Reviewer Reviewer Reviewer Reviewer Reviewer Reviewer Date#1 Score#2 Score#3 Score#4 Score#5 Score#6 Score ? Intended to be a starting point for the Committee prize paper selection process ? MSC will populate basic peer review decision data and reviewers scores ? Commi

30、ttee can augment as desired Look for an FAQ distribution when reports become available Page 55 Duties of the Vice-Chair, Papers Page 56 ? Understand the workflow ? Periodically check for problems ? Watch obvious trouble areas ? Manuscript ID identifies committee ? Look for RED flags ? Actively inter

31、vene to correct problems Manuscript Central Workflow IEEE Publications Policies ? ? ? ? ? ? All papers published in IEEE journals and magazines must be peer-reviewed. A minimum of two independent reviews are required on each paper. Associate Editors and Papers Review Chairs may not also serve as reviewers of papers for which they have peer review management