Guide to Editors (ED) Journal of Mountain Science (JMS) Homepage: http://jms.imde.ac.cn Manuscript center: http://mc03.manuscriptcentral.com/jmsjournal

Abbreviations Login Information User ID is your Email address ED-Editor SE-Scientific Editor EEIC-Executive Editor-in-Chief JMS-Journal of Mountain Science MS-Manuscript Login Information User ID is your Email address When you receive your account information, you can set your own Password.

Contents The ED’s Roles Account management Main menu Dashboard 1 Account management 2 Main menu 3 Dashboard 4 ED Center Overview 5 Reviewer Invitation 6

The ED’s Roles Invite peer-reviewers Communicate with the peer-reviewers and the authors. Make recommendations to the EEIC based on the peer-reviewers’ comments and your own judgment. Edit the accepted papers.

Account management : Log in JMS Manuscript Center is on http://mc03.manuscriptcentral.com/jmsjournal. You can input your User ID &Password and click the Log In button.

Account management: Forgot Password? If you don’t know your User ID or Password, you can use the Password Help. Input your email address and click Go. The system will immediately send a link to your email box, and let you set your new password.

Account management: Change User ID/Password & Account Information -1 Once you have logged in, you can click the Edit Account link in the upper right side of the menu bar to change your User ID, Password, or other account information as the way shown in the next slide.

Account management: Change User ID/Password & Account Information-2 When you login for the first time, you may be prompted to fill in the remaining required fields for your account. Simply go through the Edit My Account Screens, fill in the remaining required fields, and click on the Finish button on the last screen.

Main menu After logging in, the Welcome page opens. Select the button to enter the ED Center.

Dashboard You can find the manuscript from the Editor Lists or via Quick Search.

Dashboard: Manuscripts Status The “figures” in red circle indicates that the numbers of the manuscript in that status. Click the link to see the manuscript list in this status.

Select the Take Action button to start MS handling

ED Center Overview Clicking take action will take you to the present screen containing three tabs in the left. From here you can access links to all the manuscript files, details about the manuscript submission.

ED Center Overview Select the tab labeled Manuscript Information, you will see links to view Author-Supplied Data, Plagiarism Check and so on.

ED Center Overview Select the tab labeled Audit Trail, you will see the processing trails of this manuscript.

ED Center Overview Select the tab labeled Manuscript Files, you will see all files about this manuscript: title page, main text, figures and so on.

ED Center Overview Viewing Manuscripts (MS) View MS by selecting the HTML or PDF icons in the summary header. Our journal allows you to view both, along with the abstract and cover letter. Performing External Searches Selecting allows you to search external databases such as PubMed, HighWire, Google, Web of Science, etc for the author, title, keywords and more to help you with the recommendation.

Reviewer Invitation -Create Reviewer account

“add” the invited reviewers Attention: We should selectively invite the author-recommended referees- those marked “pref” shown above.

Click “Invite” to invite the selected reviewers Invite the reviewers Click “Invite” to invite the selected reviewers

See the reviewer invitation status It needs at least two reviewers’ comments before making recommendation. The ED needs to check the MS status frequently and repeat the above steps if needed.

Make recommendation Based on the peer-review comments, the ED makes recommendation and forwards the MS to the EEIC for decision. After the EEIC makes decision, the ED sends letters to inform the authors the decision with the comments or revision suggestions attached.

The editors possibly need to send the revised MS to the reviewers for further checking when it needs major revision. The editors will edit the papers after it’s formally accepted.

You may play more than one roles in the ScholarOne Manuscript system of JMS. You can return to the main board to enter other center such as Reviewer Center to perform other tasks.

Support Information If you have any questions, please contact us: E-mail: jms@imde.ac.cn Tel: 028-85252044 QQ: 1540631665 (JMS)