The following items represent notable improvements made to the platform and tools in this release, as well as key defect fixes and optimizations. The text below also provides information about default configuration values and instructions for configuring each feature. Please note that some features must be activated by an administrator or ScholarOne representative for your users to benefit from the new functionality; contact your publisher team or ScholarOne for questions around permission or configurations.
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Two-Step Device Authentication Updates
ScholarOne released two-step device authentication with the Q2.2021 release and has been slowly activating journals across the portfolio. We continue to refine workflows based on user feedback. The ScholarOne product team will communicate the rollout plan to publishers who do not yet have device authentication activated over the course of Q3/Q4.
Users
Details & Configuration
Updated Remember Me functionality to remember devices in more scenarios.
Submission Integration Capacity Upgraded
Increased the capacity for submission integration by moving from a single-threaded to a multi-threaded approach. Integration partners will see a noticeable increase in the processing capability of ScholarOne’s Submission Integration platform.
Users
No action is required.
Integrators will experience a faster rate of processing with less throttling during peak times.
API Submission File Links
Added the ability to access submission files uploaded by the author from the getSubmissionInfoFull API.
Users
No action is required.
Details & Configuration
Added a child node to the parent node that provides a URL to AWS allowing publishers to access files uploaded to the submission system. The link will expire after 72 hours.
API getsubmissionFull Additions (Preferred/Non-Preferred)
Added person details for preferred/non-preferred reviewers and/or editors to the getsubmissionFull API.
Users
Action Required
No action is required.
Details & Configuration
Added person details for preferred/non-preferred reviewers and/or editors to the getsubmissionFull API.
API Notification Service Report Export
Added an export button under the results grid allowing integrators to export the Notification Service Report for offline troubleshooting. The export includes the entire search results (not just the page viewed on-screen).
Users
Details & Configuration
The new export button appears to the lower left of the Notification Services Report.
API getIdsByDateTime
Added a new API that provides manuscript IDs by date and time. This is particularly helpful for publishers looking to backfill data. Adding the ability to acquire manuscript ids by date and time through the API allows a Publisher to view manuscripts in a given period of time and then leverage other APIs to collect additional data about those submissions.
Users
Action Required
Available by default.
Details & Configuration
No configuration is required for those leveraging submission integration functionality.
Sample Output:
High Permissioned Users Report
The High Permissioned Users report gives publishers insight into which users have access to journals with higher permission accounts across the publisher portfolio in one report. Publishers should use this Publisher Level Report frequently to ensure only current users have access to higher permissioned accounts.
Users
Details & Configuration
The High Permissioned Users report is available under Standard Reports at the Publisher Portal.
The report may be filtered by:
The following fields are pulled into the report:
(Continues for as many roles across portal)
CRediT Taxonomy Added to Cognos
Added CRediT Taxonomy to Cognos reporting allowing publishers and journals to report on the contribution declarations by authors.
Users
Action Required
Available by default
Details & Configuration
Contributor’s role: Describes the diverse contributor roles performed in the work. These contributors do not rise to the level of Authorship, but it ensures that proper acknowledgments are included in the manuscript.
Degree of contribution: Describes the degree of the contributor’s role in the manuscript.
Retirement of Internet Explorer in Dec 2021
ScholarOne Manuscripts will end support for Internet Explorer (IE) in December 2021. Microsoft is ending support for Internet Explorer in 2022. All users should move to one of ScholarOne’s supported browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge.
Users
Action Required
Available by default
Details & Configuration
None
Notable Defect Fixes & Functionality Optimizations
Note
ScholarOne deploys a number of patches and hotfixes between releases, ensuring that our users experience constant improvements to the platform. Many of these are driven by internal teams to optimize processes and therefore do not affect workflows. If you have questions about any of these changes, however, please reach out to Support.