Editorial Management
User Guide for Editors
Login at ‘Manuscript Portal’
- Link: http://www.gathacognition.com/manuscript-portal
- Login details: Use your registered ‘User ID’ and ‘Password’ for login.
- Recover password using, ‘Forgot Password’.
- User guide is avalable at the link, Editorial Management from User Guide.
Select option
- Click in the box.
- Select option the ‘Editor’ from dropdown.
- Click on ‘select’.
Call for Editor
- New manuscript(s) are appeared in the tab ‘Call for Editor’.
- Click on ‘Accept’ for accepting the manuscript for editorial processing.
- The Associate and member of the Editorial Board can decline the manuscript on clicking the tab, ‘Decline’.
- The Editor in Chief should accept the manuscript and assign the Editor from the Editorial Board for expert assessment if required instead of declining.
Manuscript(s) Accepted for Editorial Processing
- Accepted manuscript(s) by the Editors are appeared in the tab ‘Submitted Manuscript(s)’.
- Click on ‘view’ for editorial process.
Editorial Process
Three steps editorial processing: 1) Step-1 View manuscript, 2) Step-2 Review and Step-3 Decision.
Step – 1 View manuscript
- View Manuscript, make primary decision (reject on poor quality manuscript and accept after improved after revisions) before the review by experts.
- Click on ‘change’ to Appointment of the Processing Editor.
Step – 2 Review
- Click on ‘Step -2 Review’ for appointment of reviewers.
- Appointment of ‘Panel of Reviewers’ (three).
Appointment of Reviewers
- Add new reviewer.
- Search reviewer: 1) by name, 2) by keywords, and 3) direct search.
- Select reviewer from the list.
- Add new reviewer to the list.
- Search reviewer from the list
- Add new reviewer
- Add email address of new reviewer
- Filling information of new reviewer
- Select reviewer newly added to the list
- Invite the reviewer
- Remove the reviewer from selection or invite (if required)
- Accepted manuscript by the reviewer to review
Step -3 Decision
- Click on Step - 3 Decision
- View the comments, recommendation, full report and uploaded files by the reviewers.
- View full report of reviewer
- Make decision on manuscript (minimum two reports required)
- Select the decision: 1) Accept , 2) Minor revision, 3) Major revision and 4) Reject
- Click on dropdown
- Check attachment from reviewers
- Write comments for author(s)
- Upload files for reviewers (other than files from reviewers)
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Save and Send the Decision to the Author
- Save the progress of decision
- Send decision to the author (only after save)
- Print decision, if required.
Scholar Profile
- Change your password, if required.
- Update all details.
- Add or update name of your home institute.
- Add links to homepage (website) of your institute.
- Add links to your profiles at ResearchGate, Google Scholar and LinkedIn.
- Upload your profile picture
- Click ‘Update’.