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Author Tutorial
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Contents
1. Registration ....................................................................................................... 4

2. Signing In ........................................................................................................... 5

3. Search Bar.......................................................................................................... 5

4. Logout................................................................................................................ 5

5. The User Dashboard .......................................................................................... 7

6. New Manuscript Submission Process................................................................. 9

7. Awaiting Revision ............................................................................................ 23

7.1 Awaiting QC revision ...................................................................................... 24

7.2 Awaiting revision ........................................................................................... 28

7.3 Pre-revision.................................................................................................... 32

8. Support ............................................................................................................ 35

8.1 A New Ticket .................................................................................................. 36

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1. Registration

Using the URL “[Link] the registration page

appears.
 The user can register by submitting the form given on the right side of the page as
shown in Fig (1). All the fields are mandatory.
 You can also view “User Manual” or watch “JMS video” tutorials as shown in Fig (1).

Fig (1)
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2. Signing In

Enter the “E-mail” and “Password” in appropriate fields and click on the “Sign in”
button as shown in Fig (2).

Fig (2)

After signing in, the dashboard appears as shown in Fig (3). On the top right corner,
there are some features which are mentioned below.

3. Search Bar

1 The status of any manuscript can be tracked by inserting the title, reference
number or author’s name (the first name or last name is required) in the search field
on the top of the page as shown in Fig (3).

*Note: The user should be online

4. Logout

2 To exit the system, click on the “Logout” button as shown in Fig (3)
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Fig (3)
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5. The User Dashboard

After “Login”, the user Dashboard appears. Through this Dashboard, the user can
track his/her manuscripts status such as: Associate Author Submissions, Newly
Submitted Articles, Awaiting Revision, Incomplete Submissions, and Rejected
Submissions as shown in Fig (4).

 ASSOCIATE AUTHOR SUBMISSIONS: Through this option, the Associate Author can
track his/her manuscript in which he/she has been assigned as an associate.
*Note: A co-author who submits the manuscript on behalf of the author is the
Associate Author.
Any user can submit a manuscript on behalf of the author.

NEWLY SUBMITTED ARTICLES: Through this option, the user can view his/her
newly submitted manuscripts.

 AWAITING REVISION: This option gives details of articles requiring revision as

suggested by the “Cross Verification Department” or EIC. Revisions are categorized
into three types

ⓐ QC revision: This revision is invoked by the QC department during plagiarism

checking. At times, similarities are found in the article with another author’s article or
with some other article by the same author. In this case, the author can submit the
revised file by clicking on the “Continue” button indicated by the arrow.

ⓑ Review revision: At the time of Review, the reviewer recommends changes in the
manuscript which have to be addressed by the author, followed by submission of the
revised manuscript. By clicking on the “Continue” button, the author submits the
revised manuscript file after making changes, along with the rebuttal letter.

ⓒ Pre-revision: “Pre-revision and Continue” decision taken from the EIC proceeds
the submission for author’s revision. After EIC’s decision, the author can resubmit the
revised file by clicking on the “Continue” button as indicated by the arrow.

 INCOMPLETE SUBMISSIONS: The user can view his/her incomplete submissions

and can continue manuscript submission by clicking on the “Continue” button
indicated by the arrow.

 REJECTED SUBMISSIONS: The user can view his/her submissions declined by the
EIC in this section.
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Fig (4)
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6. New Manuscript Submission Process.

In the Dashboard, on the user’s portal, in the left panel, there is an option “New
Submission “.
Step 1: Click on the “New Submission” to start the submission as shown in Fig (5).

Fig (5)

Step 2: After clicking on the “New Submission” option, the page shown in Fig (6)
appears. To find the most relevant journal, please insert appropriate keyword to
facilitate search and click on search button to proceed further to the page shown in
Fig (6) and click on “Start Submission” button to start your submission process as
shown in Fig (6).

*Note: Relevant journals can be searched by entering appropriate keywords in the

search field as shown in Fig (6)
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Fig (6)

Step 3: A window appears as shown in Fig (7a), which gives information about the
submission options. Select the “Manuscript Submission” option and click on the “Save
and Continue” button to proceed to the page shown in Fig (7b).

*Note: “Manuscript submission in any Thematic Issue” option facilitates submission

of a manuscript in a specific hot topic. The hot topic code (provided by the Guest Editor
via Email) has to be inserted to proceed further.

Fig (7a)
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Step 4: The following steps assist in complete submission of a manuscript.

4.1: On the “New Submission Details” page as shown in Fig (7b.1), provide the Article
Type, Article Title, Abstract, and Keywords as shown. All the fields are mandatory.
You can also add multiple funders’ on this page. Once it is done, please click on the
“Save and Continue” button to proceed to “Author Tab”.

*Note: Title should not be more than 250 characters.

*Note: Abstract should not be more than 550 words.

*Note: Add multiple keywords with ”,” separated. (Minimum 6 keywords allowed).
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Fig (7b.1)

 You can search the funder’s name by inserting the funder name in the search
field and you can add one or more funders name by clicking on the “Add
More” button or remove the funder name by clicking on the remove name
as shown in the fig (7b.1).
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If you are selecting the article type as a “Research Article”, then you must
define the structure abstract as shown in Fig (7b.2)

Fig (7b.2)
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On the “Submission Details” tab, click on the “Save and Continue” button to
proceed to the page shown in Fig (7c).
On the Author tab the information of the author and co-author is inserted here. To
find an already registered author, enter his E-mail address in the search field as
shown in Fig(7c) and then press the search button. The system will automatically fill
the information fields. To add a new author, fill the information fields and click on
the “Add Author” button as shown in Fig (7c), please click on the “Save and
Continue” button to proceed to “File Uploading” tab.

*Note: It is necessary to make one author as the Principal Author to proceed further.
To do so, please check the below mentioned field while adding the author.

 Email highlighted in the red shows the principal author as shown in Fig (7c)
 You can type email to search for already registered author as shown in Fig
(7c)
 It is compulsory to mark one author as a principle author as shown in Fig (7c)
 You can add multiple authors by clicking on this button as shown in Fig (7c)
 Click on save and continue button to proceed with the submission as shown
in Fig (7c)

*Note: Once you click on “Save and Continue” , A pop-up will appear displaying
a message that after this stage no author information can be added as
shown in Fig (7c.1)
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Fig (7c)

Fig (7c.1)
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4.2: On the “Author tab”, click on the “Save and Continue” button to proceed
to the page shown in Fig (7d). On the “File Uploading” tab, upload the
manuscript/abstract, drag and drop the file on “Drop file here to upload”
section or select the files from the desktop by clicking on the same option. A
window appears where appropriate file types can be selected like “manuscript,
image, supplementary, tables etc.” and then click on the “Save” button as
shown in Fig (7d).

 From here you can select the appropriate file type from the drop down box.
 After selecting the file type click on “Save” button to upload the files.
 From here you can upload the files by clicking and browsing for the files or
simply drag and drop the files in here.
 After uploading the files click on this button to continue your submission.

Fig (7d)
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The arrow shows the uploaded files as shown in Fig (7e) with their types. Once the file
is uploaded, click on the “Save and Continue” button, the “Pre-review and Submit”
tab appears.

 At this stage you can “Delete” the wrong uploaded files and re-upload as shown in
Fig (7e).

Fig (7e)
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4.3:
On the “File Uploading” tab, click on the “Save and Continue” button to proceed to
the page shown in Fig (7f).

On the “Preview and Submit” tab,

 All the information that has been filled previously can be viewed on this page. As
shown in fig (7f)

 You can also fill the copyright form on the same page as shown in fig (7f).
You can proceed further by clicking on “Save and Continue” button.

After filling the copyright form it is mandatory to click on “I Agree” button in order
to proceed further. You can also edit the copyright form by clicking on “I Disagree”
button as shown in fig (7f.1)

 The Quick track option in this section offers the option of fast publication. The
payment info and the payment form details can be viewed from the “View Quick
Track Info” as shown in Fig (7f.1).

 Click on the link to download the fee form as shown in Fig (7f.1)

 Finally, click on the “Finish” button to complete the submission as shown in Fig
(7f.1).

*Note: On clicking the “Finish” button, a confirmation window [as shown in Fig (7g)]
appears for the quick track option.
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Fig (7f)
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Fig (7f.1)
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Fig (7g)

 Once a new submission is submitted successfully, it appears on the dashboard in

the “Newly Submitted Articles” section as shown in Fig (7h).
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Fig (7h)
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7. Awaiting Revision

On the User Dashboard page (Fig 4), click on the “Awaiting Revision” tab to proceed
to the page shown in Fig (8)
This section gives details of all the articles requiring revision as suggested by the
“Cross Verification Department” or EIC.

Three types of revision are undertaken by the author:

ⓐ Awaiting QC revision: For the similarities found in an article during plagiarism

checking, the author makes desired changes in the article or some missing
information. Submits the revised file by clicking on the “Continue” button as shown
in Fig (8).

ⓑ Awaiting Author’s revision: At the time of Review, the reviewer recommends

changes in the manuscript, which have to be addressed by the author followed by
submission of the revised manuscript. By clicking on the “Continue” button, the
Author submits the revised manuscript file after making changes along with the
rebuttal letter.

ⓒ Pre-revision: At the time of initial submission, the EIC either accepts the
manuscript or suggests revision before the manuscript is proceeded for reviewing.
By clicking the “Continue” button, the author uploads the revised manuscript
which is then forward for reviewing.

Fig (8)
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7.1 Awaiting QC revision

Clicking the “QC Revision Awaiting” section marked as ‘ⓐ ‘in the “Continue” button
in the ‘Awaiting Revision’ section on Fig (8), a summary page appears as shown in Fig
(9a).

 View the abstract by clicking on the “View Abstract” button.

 The author can be made an associate by clicking on the “Associate” button so that
he can keep a track of the manuscript.

 The author’s affiliation details can be viewed by clicking on the “Details” button.

 Click on the “Download” button to download the files.

 By dropping the revised manuscript file in “Drop File Here to Upload” section, a
window appears as shown in Fig (9b). Here, it is compulsory to select the file type as
‘manuscript’ from the drop-down list and click on the “Save” button as shown in Fig
(9b).

 It is mandatory to drop the revised manuscript file.

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Fig (9a)
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Fig (9b)

After uploading the revised file, “Confirm Submission” button appears as shown in Fig
(10), click on the “Confirm submission” button to confirms the uploading of the
revised submission.
*Note: Fig (10) is the lower section of Fig (9).

Fig (10)
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Once you click on “Confirm Submission” button, a message appears as shown in Fig
(11) and click ‘Ok’.

Fig (11)
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7.2 Awaiting revision

By clicking on the “Continue” button in the “Awaiting Revision” section marked as ⓑ

in the “Awaiting Revision” page in Fig (8), a summary page appears as shown in Fig
(12a).

 View the abstract by clicking on the “View Abstract” button.

 The author can be made an associate by clicking on the “Associate” button so that
he can keep track of the manuscript.

 The author affiliation details can be viewed by click on the “Details” button.

 Click on the “Download” button to download the files.

 By dropping the revised manuscript file and rebuttal letter in “Drop File Here to
Upload” section, a window appears as shown in Fig (12b) and Fig (12c). It is
compulsory to select the file type as “Manuscript” and “Rebuttal letter” from the
drop-down list and click on the “Save” button as shown in Fig (12b) and Fig (12c).

 It is mandatory to drop the revised manuscript file and rebuttal letter.

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Fig (12a)
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Fig (12b)

Fig (12c)

By clicking on the “Confirm Submission” button as shown in Fig (13) finally confirms
the revised submission.
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Fig (13)

By clicking on the “Confirm Submission” button, a message appears as shown in Fig

(14) and Click “Ok”.

Fig (14)
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7.3 Pre-revision

By clicking on the “Continue” button in the “Awaiting Pre-revision” section marked

“ⓒ” in the “Awaiting Revision” page in Fig (8), a summary page appears as shown in
Fig (15a).

 View the abstract by clicking on the “View Abstract” button.

 The author can be made an associate by clicking on the “Associate” button so

that he can keep a track of the manuscript.

 The author’s affiliation details can be viewed by clicking on “Details” button.

 Click on “Download” button to download the files.

 By dropping the revised manuscript file in “Drop File Here to Upload” section, a
window appears as shown in Fig (15b). Here, it is compulsory to select the file
type as manuscript from the drop-down list and click on the “Save” button as
shown in Fig (15b).
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Fig (15a)
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Fig (15b)

Clicking on the “Confirm Submission” button as shown in Fig (16) confirms the
uploading of the revised submission.

Fig (16)

By clicking on the “Confirm submission” button, a message appears as shown in Fig

(17) and click “Ok”.
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Fig (17)

8. Support

In case of any query/suggestion, you can use our online support system to create a
ticket. Our Support department will reply as soon as possible. To generate a new ticket,
 Click on the “Support” option given on the left panel as shown in Fig (18), “Open a
New Ticket” section appears as shown in Fig (19).
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Fig (18)

8.1 Open a New Ticket

As shown in Fig (19).

 The desired “Help Topic” can be selected, which leads to “Ticket Details”.
 The details can be provided in the “Ticket Details” section.
2.1 The file can be uploaded by clicking on the “Choose file” link or drag and drop the file.
 The “Reset” button clears all the boxes and gives a reset option.
 Clicking on the “Create Ticket” button, a new ticket is generated.
 To cancel the ticket, click on the “Cancel” button.
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Fig (19)

By clicking on the “Create Ticket” button marked as ‘’ on the page in Fig (19), the
ticket panel appears in this section as shown in Fig (20), which gives the following
options
 View the ticket number.
 View the information about the ticket and user.
 Send the reply.
 Print the page by clicking on the “Print” button.
 Clicking on the “Edit” button, to edit the given details.
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Fig (20)
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By clicking on the “Ticket” tab on Fig (20) the tab shown in Fig (20a) appears. A specific
ticket can be searched by entering the ticket number indicated by the red arrow
marked as ‘’.

Clicking on the “Search” button displays all the tickets. Open tickets can be viewed by
clicking on the “Open” link as shown in Fig (20a) indicated by the red arrow marked as
‘’, or closed by clicking on the “Closed” link as shown in Fig (20b) indicated by the red
arrow marked as ‘’.
Open Ticket: Open ticket means that the question has not been answered or the
issue has not been resolved.
Closed Ticket: Closed ticket means that the team has resolved the issue related to
the question.

Fig (20a)
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Fig (20b)