Registered Researcher

Permissions of this role

This role is granted for the whole platform.

This role carries no permissions. Access follows the account's own records and the invitations it receives.

Topics for this role

Getting started

• Using the Help Pages

  Opening the help pages from the panel and the public site, searching them and filtering them by your role.

• Making a Submission

  Completing your profile, then preparing and sending your first submission with the steps of the submission wizard.

How-to guides

• Getting Support

  Sending questions about submissions, your account and other matters to the right person, and adding the request ID when you report an error.

• Creating an Account

  Creating your own account from the public site, verifying your e-mail address, and what to do while registration is closed.

• Accepting an Account Invitation

  Activating the account that a system administrator or a reviewer invitation created for you by setting a password with the link in the e-mail.

• Signing in with a Password

  Signing in to the panel with your e-mail address and password, the Remember me option, session length, password rules and locking after failed attempts.

• Resetting Your Password

  Asking for a reset link on the sign-in screen when you have forgotten your password, and setting a new password.

• Changing Your Password

  Changing a password you know on the Security tab of the My profile page and signing out your other sessions.

• Using Two-Factor Authentication

  Turning on two-factor authentication for your account, keeping the recovery codes, signing in with a code and turning it off.

• Signing in with ORCID

  Linking your account to your ORCID iD, signing in with ORCID instead of a password and removing the link.

• Signing in with Your Institution Account

  Signing in to the panel with the user account of your institution, for example your Microsoft or Google account.

• Managing Active Sessions

  Seeing the devices that are signed in to your account and signing out the sessions you do not recognise or no longer use.

• Changing Your E-mail Address

  Changing your account's e-mail address with a confirmation link sent to the new address, and withdrawing a pending request.

• Managing Your Profile and Privacy

  Updating your identity details and preferences on the My profile page, accepting the privacy notice and opening a personal data request.

• Saving Publications

  Adding publications from the public site to your own list with the Save to my list button, opening the list and removing publications from it.

• Tracking a Submission

  Following the status of your submission, the decisions and the reviewer comments shared with you on the My submissions screen and the submission page.

• Messaging the Editors

  Writing to the editors about a submission you sent on its Messages tab and reading their replies.

• Supplying Missing Documents

  Completing your submission in the wizard and sending the corrections when the editor asks for missing documents or corrections.

• Submitting a Revision

  Sending the revised anonymous manuscript and your response to the reviewers to the editors as a new round.

• Checking Proofs

  Opening the proof of your accepted work that the production team shared and sending your corrections from the submission page.

• Withdrawing a Submission

  Withdrawing a submission you sent, with a reason, before the final decision, and what happens when you do.

• Deleting and Restoring Drafts

  Deleting a submission draft you have not sent and restoring a deleted draft together with its files.

• Submitting a Draft Started on Your Behalf

  Checking a submission draft that an editor started on your behalf, confirming the declarations and sending it.

• Joining the Reviewer Pool

  Joining the reviewer pool from your profile and setting the expertise keywords that editors use to find you.

• Searching the Public Site

  Searching for publications with the search box of the public site and using suggestions, exact phrases, synonyms and the result filters.

• Using Advanced Search

  Choosing the field to search, adding conditions with AND, OR and NOT, and giving a year range on the Advanced search page of the public site.

• Finding Calls for Papers

  Finding the open calls for papers and chapters of journals and book projects on the Calls page of the public site and on journal pages.

Screens and settings

• Platform Access

  The addresses of the public site and the panel, short addresses, the release notes, the light and dark themes and screen reader support.

• Panel Layout

  The side menu, top bar and user menu of the panel, the alert bars above the screens and how this help writes menu paths.

• Overview

  The announcements, the work waiting for you in your roles, the latest notifications and the shortcuts on the screen that opens with the panel.

• My Profile

  The tabs, cards and fields of the My profile page, which brings together your personal details, your security settings and your KVKK preferences.

• Notifications

  Reading system notifications about submissions, reviewing and your account at the bell and on the Notifications screen, marking them as read, and how they relate to e-mails.

• Saved Publications

  The rows and buttons of the screen that lists the publications you set aside with the Save to my list button on the public site.

• My Submissions

  The tabs, rows and buttons of the screen that lists all the submissions and drafts of an author.

• Submission Page

  The parts and buttons of the page that shows the status, decisions, messages, files, timeline and proofs of a submission.

• Submission Wizard

  The parts of the wizard screen where new submissions and drafts are prepared step by step, how it saves and when it opens.

• Institutional Archive Pages

  The parts of the public site's Institutional Archive page, of the Theses page that filters theses by type, institute, department and advisor, and of a thesis's own page.

Concepts

• Common Rules

  The rules that apply across the panel to unsaved changes, form errors, simultaneous editing, confirmation dialogs, reasons and file uploads.

• Submission Statuses

  The statuses a submission passes through from draft to outcome, what is expected of you in each, and which status each decision leads to.

• Submission Rules

  The rules the system applies to submissions on visibility, locking, reviewer anonymity, conflicts of interest and file security.

Troubleshooting

• The “Someone else changed this record” warning

  Moving to the latest version without losing your changes when the “Someone else changed this record” dialog opens as you save.

• I cannot sign in or my account is locked

  Why you cannot sign in to the panel or your account was locked after many failed attempts, and what to do.

• The link in the e-mail is invalid or has expired

  Getting a new link when a verification, password reset, e-mail change or invitation link does not open.

• The verification or password e-mail did not arrive

  What to check if the account verification or password reset e-mail did not arrive, and how to ask for a new e-mail.

• I cannot access my authenticator app

  Signing in with a recovery code or asking for a reset if you lost your phone or your two-factor authentication code is not accepted.

• I noticed a mistake in a submission I sent

  What to do when you notice a mistake in the details or the files of a submission you sent.

• The New submission button is disabled or submissions are not accepted

  Why you cannot press the New submission button or see the warning “New submissions are not accepted at the moment”, and what to do.

• My journal is not in the list

  Why the journal you want to submit to is missing from the submission wizard's journal step, and how to submit to it.

• The revision deadline has passed

  What happens to your submission when the revision deadline passes, and how you send the revision.

• A file stays in the Scanning status

  What to do if a file you uploaded waits in the Scanning status or fails the scan.

Features

• Account and Security

  Creating an account, passwords, two-factor authentication, sessions, your profile and notifications.

• Submissions

  Preparing, sending and following submissions of articles, books, chapters, proceedings papers, theses and children's books.

• Public Site and Search

  Searching for publications on the public site and using suggestions, exact phrase search and advanced search.