Concept
Separation of Duties
An editor who reviewed a submission cannot decide on it, authors take no role on their own submissions, and only the editor-in-chief makes final decisions.
Separation of duties means that one person does not take two roles on the same submission. A person who reviews a work does not decide on it. An author is not an editor or a reviewer on their own submission either. JournTech applies these rules automatically.
Editors who review
If you accepted a reviewer invitation for a submission, you cannot make the final decision on that submission. The rule applies even if you have an editor role, and it covers every round of the submission. A warning appears on the submission screen and the decision buttons are hidden. You cannot be assigned to such a submission as an editor either. Another editor-in-chief makes the decision.
Your own submissions
Submissions you are an author of do not appear in your queue and do not open. The system recognises you as an author if you own the submission or if your e-mail address or ORCID iD is in the author list. The authors of a submission cannot be assigned to it as reviewers or editors. You cannot invite yourself as a reviewer either.
Permission to make final decisions
Only an Editor-in-chief makes final decisions. A Section editor saves a decision recommendation, and the recommendation does not change the status of the submission. A System administrator can open every screen but cannot make final decisions. An administrator who needs to make decisions is also given the editor-in-chief role.
Whether reviewers and authors see each other's identity is explained in Peer Review Types.