1. Using Linked Submissions in Editorial Manager™ Created by J. Putrino, 3/21/2013

2. The Linked Submissions feature in Editorial Manager™ may be used to link together two or more submissions in a custom group. This enables easy tracking of related submissions such as letters to the Editor and responses; groups of submissions to be published as a special issue; or new submissions which have been previously submitted and rejected (to name just a few). To create a new Linked Submission group, a user must have the RoleManager permission 'View Linked Submission Groups' and the sub-permission 'Create/Edit Linked Submission Groups' enabled. Any Editor Roles which need to be able to view linked submission groups must have the RoleManager permission 'View Linked Submission Groups' enabled. For assistance configuring Role permissions, please contact Editorial Solutions (editorialsolutions@lww.com).editorialsolutions@lww.com

3. Creating a new linked submission group from the 'New Submissions Requiring Assignment' folder: 1. Click on the Linked Submissions link in the Action menu.

4. Creating a new linked submission group from the 'New Submissions Requiring Assignment' folder: 2. Click on the Create a New Group button.

5. Creating a new linked submission group from the 'New Submissions Requiring Assignment' folder: 3. Enter the name for the new Linked Submission Group, then click Submit.

6. Creating a new linked submission group from the 'New Submissions Requiring Assignment' folder: 4. Click on the 'Add to Group' button in the 'To add the submission...' section. Click OK to confirm that you would like to add this submission to the selected group.

7. Adding submissions to a Linked Submission group. 5. Once you have added the new submission to the new group you created, you will see the screen above. Click the 'Add Submission' Action link to add another submission to the group.

8. Adding submissions to a Linked Submission group. 6. After clicking the 'Add Submission' Action link, you will be brought to a search page. Enter your search criteria (e.g., Manuscript Number) and click Search.

9. Adding submissions to a Linked Submission group. 7. In the Search results, check the box in the Select column for the submission(s) you’d like to add to the group. Then, click the Add to Group button. You have now added the selected submission(s) to the group!

10. Viewing Linked Submissions All Editors with the appropriate permission enabled will have access to the Linked Submission Groups section on their Editor Main Menu. In addition, a Linked Submission icon ( ) will appear next to the 'Linked Submissions' Action link for all submissions that are part of a Linked Group.

11. Setting 'Active/Inactive' status for Linked Submissions All Editors with the appropriate permission enabled -- Set Active/Inactive Status on Linked Submission Groups -- will be able to set Groups for which the editorial process has been completed as Inactive. In the Active Linked Submission Groups folder, click the 'Set Inactive Status' to mark a group as Inactive. Click 'OK' in the pop-up to confirm Inactive status, or 'Cancel' if the link was clicked in error.