This page describes how to log in as a journal editor and access the tools for your journal. If you would like to add new editors or manage editor permissions, please see Managing Administrator Permissions.

Log In to Your Digital Commons Journal Site

Editors can log in using the My Account link available in the site’s navigation bar or footer.

1. Click the My Account link to reach the login screen. If you are following a prompt in an email notification or clicking a link requiring a login, you will be prompted to log in before going to the intended page.
2. On the login screen, enter your account email address and password and click Login. (You may first need to complete a security prompt by clicking “I'm not a robot.”) If this is the first time logging in and someone previously added you as an editor, click Sign up instead and enter the same email address that the person used to add you; then enter your name, select a password, and click Sign up. 
   

If you don’t recall your password, click Forget Your Password? to access the Reset Password screen. Enter your email address and click Reset to have a password reset email sent to you. Click the link in the email and follow the prompts to choose a new password.

Access Editor Tools from the My Account Page

Editors with permissions enabled for a journal can access editor tools from their My Account page. The following links appear on your My Account page:

• Manage Submissions: Access to submissions already in the system. Depending on specific privileges, this includes handling peer review, editorial decisions, revisions, and publishing.
• Upload: Allows you to upload submissions to your journal. This can be a manuscript of your own or a manuscript you are submitting on behalf of someone else. Note: new versions of existing manuscripts are uploaded by revising in Manage Submissions, not via Upload.
• Configuration: Various settings establishing the journal’s workflow, policies, editorial access permissions, and tools to create new volumes and issues.
• Mailings: For accessing the journal mailing list features.

Depending on your particular editorial permissions, you may or may not have access to all of the editor tools. You may also see a Dashboard link, if you have access to reports.

Once your access the tools, the same options appear as tabs along the top of the screen:

When authors or reviewers log in to their My Account page, they do not see the editor tools. They only see their submitted manuscripts and assignments.

For journals in repositories or on multi-journal sites, site administrators can also access editor tools for journals via the site-level configurations. However, administrators will not see the above options on the My Account page unless they are also specifically added as editors to individual journals.

Access Editor Tools from the Administrator Toolbar

Editors may also access tools from the front end of the journal. Once logged in, an editor will see an Administrator Toolbar across the top of screen when browsing the journal. 

Navigation options display for Configuration, Dashboard, and Manage Submissions. Additionally, at the article level, an Edit Submission option displays for going straight to an article’s Submission Details page.