【正文】 view a pdf file of the manuscript ? Author must plete IEEE copyright transfer using the online eCopyright application ? Time required to submit manuscript ? Less than 5 minutes (if final manuscript is plete) ? Technical Committee PRC automatically notified when a manuscript has been submitted Manuscript Central Workflow Page 25 Terminology Clarification Committee Admin Actions Author Actions Status Initiate stub creation Awaiting Author Selection Select author Awaiting Author Invitation Issue invitation to author Awaiting Author Assignment Author Accepts Invitation Awaiting Author Submission Author Submits Manuscript Awaiting TCPRC Checklist Page 26 Manuscript Submission (by Author) Author options: 1. Click here to proceed to m/s submission 2. Click “Invited Manuscripts” to show list of invitations Page 27 Manuscript Submission (by Author) Page 1 of 7 – Type, Title and Abstract Copy (from the m/s) and paste title and abstract into the appropriate boxes Page 28 Manuscript Submission (by Author) Page 1 of 7 – Type, Title and Abstract Author MUST respond to this question – NO – only for Annual Meeting papers from MSDAD and ICPSD where author wishes to submit a revised m/s after the conference YES – all other submissions Page 29 Manuscript Submission (by Author) Page 2 of 7 – Attributes ? Enter 510 ?key words? for the m/s select from menu and “Add” or key into box ? Remaining entries on this page are populated from the invitation Page 30 Manuscript Submission (by Author) Page 3 of 7 – Add Coauthor Information Page 31 Manuscript Submission (by Author) Page 4 of 7 – Identify ?Nonpreferred Reviewers? (Optional) Allows authors to identify individuals with conflicts of interest Page 32 Manuscript Submission (by Author) Page 5 of 7 – Details and Comments Cover letter and other information at the top of the page is OPTIONAL Authors MUST respond to the four questions at the bottom of the page. Page 33 Manuscript Submission (by Author) Page 6 of 7 – Upload Manuscript ? Browse author?s puter to find m/s file ? Designate ?main document? ? Click ?Upload? ? Popup shows progress – click “Save” when upload is plete Page 34 Manuscript Submission (by Author) Page 6 of 7 – Upload Manuscript ? Authors may upload multiple files ? Authors may define order in which files are bined to form the m/s Page 35 Manuscript Submission (by Author) Page 7 of 7 – Review and Submit ? Summarizes data and flags missing information ? Author MUST examine the pdf of the m/s to verify that pdf conversion was correct ? Popup window displays pdf conversion progress – then pdf itself ? Clicking ?Submit? pletes the submission Page 36 Manuscript Submission (by Author) Submission Confirmation ? Provides m/s tracking ID and submission date ? Author also receives confirming ? Clicking ?transfer copyright? links to IEEE ecopyright application Page 37 Step 3: Checklist and AE assignment done by Papers Review Chair ? TCPRC required to verify that the submission is plete before paper can be reviewed ? Has the paper been accepted by the Technical Committee for conference presentation? ? Is the manuscript plete and acceptable? ? Are the figures plete and acceptable? ? Has the copyright transfer been pleted? ? Has the author requested peer review for publication? ? TCPRC transfers manuscript to an Associate Editor for Peer Review ? Choose AE from a dropdown menu。 reviewer scoring history。 may also download a pdf for offline review ? Reviewer must plete nine multiplechoice questions ? reviewers subjective opinion of the paper ? answers determine numerical (m) score ? Reviewer must choose one of four specific remendations ? Accept for Transactions with or without ments ? Accept for Magazine with or without ments ? Return to author for revision and resubmission for further review ? Reject ? Reviewer may offer anonymous ments for the author ? Can attach extended document – use caution to retain anonymity ? Reviewer may offer confidential ments to the AE ? Time required to plete a review ? Varies with manuscript ? Mechanics of conveying review conclusions to AE pleted online Manuscript Central Workflow Page 43 Review Example ? Header identifies paper, author, mittee, keywords ? Mscore visible only after review has been submitted Page 44 Typical Multiple Choice Question ? Questions from the traditional IAS Technical Paper Review form ? Questions assess important attributes of the manuscript ? Reviewers see “click boxes” with intermediate options ? Completed review indicates reviewer?s assessment Page 45 Reviewer Remendations ? Options designed to make remendation unequivocal Page 46 Opportunity for Reviewer Comments ? Confidential ments to Editor – not shared with author ? Comments to the Author – automatically appended to author notification ? Attached file – most useful for “revise and resubmit” option ? Text file ? Annotated manuscript pdf Page 47 Step 6: Remend disposition done by Associate Editor ? MSC notifies AE when the required minimum number of reviews have been submitted ? AE examines remendations from the reviewers and develops a final decision ? Accept as written for Transactions ? Accept as written for Magazine ? Return to author for revision and resubmission for further review ? Reject ? MSC automatically notifies Technical Committee PRC when the AE decision has been made ? Time required to make the decision ? Typically 1 minute or less ? AE also rates each reviewer on timeliness and review quality Manuscript Central Workflow Page 48 AE Remendation ? AE sees summary of Reviewer?s Inputs ? Chooses one of four remendation