How to send a message by EIC to a user?

EIC is able to send messages manually to AE and Reviewer of a specific article.

To do:

EIC should choose the correct role from the top-right corner of the page and after choosing an article, on the "MANUSCRIPT INFO" page > Details Tab, Send Message .

 

 

By clicking on this button EIC is able to select the role of the recipient of the message. For example, by clicking on Reviewer, all reviewers of that specific article will be shown and by clicking on the people on the list, they will receive the message.

 

By clicking on the Next button, EIC is able to type the message in the box and preview it afterwards.

 

By clicking on the Send button on the next page, message will be send to specified recipients.