Roles and permissions
Different roles and permissions are assigned to each editor when your journal is set up in Snapp.
Lead Editor
Editors with the highest level of permissions in the submission system. They can:
- See all submissions to the journal, including all collection submissions
- Access the analytics dashboard
- Assign and reassign manuscripts to other editors
- Assess manuscript suitability
- Find and invite reviewers
- Make all decisions (revision, accept and reject)
- Assess and approve decision recommendations
Deciding Editor
Editors who manage specific manuscripts assigned to them. They can:
- See all submissions assigned to them
- Unassign themselves from manuscripts, but cannot assign or reassign to other editors
- Assess manuscript suitability
- Find and invite reviewers
- Make all decisions (revision, accept and reject)
Recommending and Request Revision Editor
Editors who manage specific manuscripts assigned to them and make recommendations for final decisions but can request author revisions. They can:
- See all submissions assigned to them
- Unassign themselves from manuscripts, but cannot assign or reassign to other editors
- Assess manuscript suitability
- Find and invite reviewers
- Request revisions to a manuscript that go straight to the author
- Make recommendations for final accept or reject decisions
Recommending Only Editor
Editors who manage specific manuscripts assigned to them and make recommendations for all decisions. They can:
- See all submissions assigned to them
- Unassign themselves from manuscripts, but cannot assign or reassign to other editors
- Assess manuscript suitability
- Find and invite reviewers
- Make recommendations for revision, accept or reject decisions
Assigning and Recommending Editor
Editors who see all manuscripts submitted to a journal, assign manuscripts and make recommendations for all decisions. They can:
- See all submissions to the journal, including all collection submissions
- Access the analytics dashboard
- Assign and reassign manuscripts to other editors
- Assess manuscript suitability
- Find and invite reviewers
- Make recommendations for revision, accept or reject decisions
Journal Supervisor
Those who can track or monitor the handling of manuscripts through the peer review process. They can:
- See all submissions to the journal, including all collection submissions
- Access the analytics dashboard
- Assign and reassign manuscripts to editors
Guest Editors
Guest editors can be set up with any of the following editor roles depending on the level of permissions they require for a specific collection:
- Lead Editor
- Deciding Editor
- Recommending and Request Revision Editor
- Recommending Only Editor
- Assigning and Recommending Editor
Lead guest editors and assigning and recommending editors can see all papers submitted to a collection to which they have been given access, but not other manuscripts submitted to the journal. They also cannot access the analytics dashboard for the journal.
Guest editors with other roles are only provided permissions to collection manuscripts to which they have been assigned.
For multi-journal collections, lead guest editors and assigning and recommending editors can see all papers within a collection, regardless of the parent journal.
