【正文】 historical reviewer evaluation ? MSC automatically municates assignment to reviewer Manuscript Central Workflow Concern ? Select only minimum number of reviewers: Potential timing issue ? Select more than minimum number of reviewers: Potential people issue Page 40 Reviewer Selection (by AE) ? Various database search strategies ? ?Quick search? – by last name or address ? ?Related papers? – authors of papers with similar key words ? ?Autosuggest? – search for reviewers with similar personal key words ? ?Advanced search? – prehensive search of database ? Some reviewers designate mittee affiliation as a key word ? Authors will be “blinded” ? Search results indicate ? Number of review assignments currently and in past 12 months ? Date of last pleted review ? Historical average review score ? Historical average AE assessment of review quality ? Click box to select reviewer ? Then click ?Add? Page 41 Reviewer Selection (by AE) ? IEEE requires minimum of two (2) reviewers – may opt for more ? After selection, click ?Invite? to trigger invitation ? Click ?Save and Send? in popup windows to send s Page 42 Step 5: Complete the review done by Reviewers ? Reviewers read the manuscript in Manuscript Central ? Available as an HTML web page。 list indicates current loading for each AE ? Manuscript Central automatically municates transfer to the AE ? For MSDAD and IPCSD Papers submitted for IAS Annual Meeting (ONLY) ? If author has requested that paper not be peer reviewed, return the m/s to the author ? Allows author to submit revised m/s following the conference ? Time required to plete checklist and AE transfer ? Less than 2 minutes Manuscript Central Workflow Page 38 Associate Editor Selection (by TCPRC) ? Dropdown box lists all IAS Associate Editors (authors will be ?blinded?) ? Number in parenthesis is current paper management workload ? Select a name, click ?Assign?, then click ?Save and Send? to transmit Page 39 Step 4: Assign reviewers done by Associate Editor ? AE selects reviewers from MSC reviewer data base ? Database includes all IAS reviewers (currently 1100) ? Variety of selection techniques ? Search by area of expertise using key words ? Search for authors of similar papers ? Search by name, address, institution, academic credentials, etc ? Search by mittee name (where set up by the mittee) ? Input name and address of someone not in data base ? Return shows suggested reviewer loading and historical m and r scores ? AE must also specify number of reviews required before a decision can be taken IEEE requires at least TWO INDEPENDENT REVIEWERS AE should not review papers for which they are responsible for review management ? Time required to plete identify reviewers and assign review responsibility ? Varies with search plexity – typically 2 – 3 minutes ? AE can see reviewer workload。 mittee reassignment ? Downloads manuscript pdf files for conference record ? Alternate if TCPRC is also the author Society Administrator ? Data base and template maintenance ? Author invitations (cosponsored)。Page 1 Using Manuscript Central The Only People who Enjoy Change are Babies with Wet Diapers Page 2 Why Adopt Manuscript Central? ? Peer review process needs stronger focus Discipline – Structure Uniformity ? Improve overall timeliness improvements – to meet TAB requirements ? Average submission to first decision 90 days (gradually reducing to 60 days by 2023) ? Average submission to publication 1 year ? Need to reduce workload on volunteers ? Need data for TAB periodical reviews and other occasional reports ? TAB has directed IAS to implement a management tool currently Page 3 Peer Review The process to determine whether a paper will be published in an IAS Periodical Also determines whether the paper will be published in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications IEEE Industry Applications Magazine Functions of Manuscript Central 1. Peerreview management ? Reviewer selection and online review ? Email munications 2. Data capture ? Performance statistics ? Support of prize paper selection Page 4 Contrasting IAS with Other IEEE Societies Typical IEEE Users IAS Submission for publication only Presentation First: manuscripts must be presented at conferences prior to publication Single submission model Three submission models: Submission of papers for future IAS conference and peer review for publication Submission of previously presented APEC or ECCE papers Submission of previously presented papers from cosponsored nonIEEE conferences One processing model Two processing models: Reviewall (PID and ICPS) Authorchoice (IPCSD MSDAD) Singlejournal submission Review process selects between Transactions and Magazine Process managed by journal EIC Process managed by Technical Committee (requires mittee differentiation within MSC) Formal “Publication Office” with dedicated administrator Administrative duties distributed among volunteers Complexity of IAS Publications Activities Requires that the IAS Manuscript Central Site be Different from Other IEEE Societies Page 5 Redefined role for Department ViceChair, Paper Monitor status of paper mittee paper reviews Prepare quarterly report for Department Chair Alert Department Chair to mittee problems Remend candidates for annual Transactions and Magazine prize paper awards A u t h o r s u b m i t s a b s t r a c t , d i g e s t o r m a n u s c r i p t d r a f tI E E E H e a d q u a r t e r sD e c i d e s a p p r o p r i a t e S o c i e t yT r a n s a c t i