US 9,430,468 B2 Aug. 30, 2016

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1 I lllll llllllll Ill lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll US943468B2 c12) Unit Stats Patnt Lapulalan (1) Patnt o.: (45) Dat of Patnt: US 9,43,468 B2 Aug. 3, 216 (54) OLIE PEER REVIEW SYSTEM AD METHOD (75) Invntor: Robin Jason Lapulalan, Rottram (L) (73) Assign: Elsvir BV, Amstram (L) ( *) otic: Subjct to any isclaimr, th trm ofthis patnt is xtn or ajust unr 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 577 ays. (21) Appl. o.: 13/536,7 (22) Fil: Jun. 28, 212 (65) Prior Publication Data US 214/6341 Al Jan. 2, 214 (51) Int. Cl. G6F 1713 (26.1) (52) U.S. Cl. CPC. G6F 1713 (213.1); G6F (213.1) ( 58) Fil of Classification Sarch CPC... G6F 17/3867; G6F 17/3699; G6F 17 /389; G6F 17 /375 USPC.. 77/768, El7.8 S application fil for complt sarch history. (56) Rfrncs Cit 6,178,43 Bl* 21/47357 Al* 23/13567 Al* 24/34631 Al * U.S. PATET DOCUMETS 1/21 Cohn t al.. 715/273 11/21 Vaithilingam t al /1 7 /23 Brnar t al / Julliar t al /34652 Al* 2124 Hofmann.. G6F 17 / /2558 Al* 1/24 D Anglis t al.. 715/513 25/4951 Al* 1/25 Ciaramitaro t al.. 77/ / Al* 6126 Ross. G6F 17/ / Al* 8/26 Chakraborty. 715/5 26/ Al* 12/26 Diamon t al. 715/511 27/11882 Al* 5/27 Grac.. G6F 17 / / Al* 6/27 Van Dn Brg t al. 74/1 28/37321 Al* 12/28 Long. 715/752 28/32579 Al* 12/28 Rollins... G6F 17/24 726/1 21/16669 Al* 4/21 Guo G9B 7/2 76/11 21/14594 Al* 6/21 Rivillo t al /68 211/7213 Al* 3/211 Mosoi t al.. 77/ / Al* 5/213 Mangini t al /781 * cit by xaminr Primary Examinr - Shio-Jy Fan (74) Attorny, Agnt, or Firm - Dinsmor & Shohl LLP (57) ABSTRACT An onlin ocumnt managmnt systm is isclos. In on mboimnt, th onlin ocumnt managmnt systm compriss: on or mor itorial computrs oprat by on or mor aministrators or itors, th itorial computrs sn invitations an manag pr rvi of ocumnt submissions; on or mor systm computrs, th systm computrs maintain journals, rcors of submitt ocumnts an usr profils, an issu notifications; an on or mor usr computrs; th usr computrs submit ocumnts or rvisions to th ocumnt managmnt systm; hrin on or mor of th itorial computrs coorinat ith on or mor of th systm computrs to migrat on or mor ocumnts btn journals maintain by th onlin ocumnt managmnt systm. 16 Claims, 11 Draing Shts

2 REGISTRATIO I DEACTIVATIO -_ o <CO Cf) > Cf) I I I! I E5 Cf) ::) 116 DEACTIVATE USER 112 IVITE USER h 113 I I COFIRMFlCAPTCHA, KEYCAPTURE CURRET 12L:u -- IDEACTIVATE EXISTIG USER-USER REACHES PREFERRED -LADIG PAGE/JOURAL HOMEPAGE/PAGE IDICATED I IVITATIO 131 ETER/ UPDATE BASIC EES DATA USER STATUS 132 I DECEASED USER SYSTEM ADMI ETERS IMARK USER IACTIVE! lJ REASO TO DEACTIVATE COMMUICATIO I o... ::;;;:: '-'--' f (f) > Cf) SHARED DATA IS COMPLIAT WITH: 1. DATA PROTECTIO ACT I 2. HIPAA (OT FOR AUTHORS) I 12 COMPLY WITH REGULATIOS YES 121 USABILITY LEGISLATIO: OTIFY USER 1.WGC WCAG COMPLIACE ID EXISTS 2. PRIVACY POLICY 3. T&C OTIFY TO COMPLETE REGISTRATIO FIG.1 SUCCESSFUL REGISTRATIO/ DEACTIVATIO OTIFICATIO, ( SIG-I PAGE rjl --,

3 SIG-I 151 ETER EES I CLICK O LIKS URL I E5 II CAPTURE SIG-I ROUTE OTHER ELSEVIER SYSTEM ) ) 1 I FORGOT USER ID I.1 COTACT CUSTOMER 158 SUPPORT LOG-I PAGE I 161 I ' J C \.. c. - OTIFY USER TO' RESET PASSWORD CUSTOMER SUPPORT PROCEDURE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE PASSWORD RETRIEVAL FAILED o ::;;;: l.j..j f (/) > (/) DISPLAY SIG-I PAGE WITH BLAK USER ID D PASSWORD FIELDS LOGI 1... I 154 DISPLAY SIG-I PAGE WITH USER ID AD BLAK PASSWORD FIELD PASSWORD EXPIRED 164 PASSWORD RESET LIK I rf'.)uvvt::i.) I ED TO USER AT THE ID PROVIDED AT REGISTRATIO TASK BASED USER PREFERRED DEFAULT JOURAL PAGE PAGE PAGE AVIGATIO ITO THE SYSTEM BASED O USER SIG-I ROUTE EES HOME PAGE WITH LIK TO JOURAL RECOMMEDATIO TOOL FIG GEERAL TASK PAGE (SYSTEM ADMI/ SERVICE MAAGER) USER CA AVIGATE TO AY OTHER PAGE WITHI EE S BASED O USER PERMISSIOS.. rjl. --,

4 SUBMISSIO, l r n 231 PLAGIARISM COMPLETE- ARTWORK REFERECE : 241 CHECK ESS QUALITY LIKIG : ::;;;:: CHECK CHECK CHECK : 26 LLJ I I- CHECKS TO BE COFIGURED (/) I >- (/) I DUPLICATE METADATA LATEX CRF I SYCHROIZE SUBMISSIO ERRORS ERRORS COVERSIO I I WITH USER CHECK CHECK CHECK ERRORS CHECK I PROFILE DATA 232 L J I 213 SED OTIFICATIO TO AUTHOR o :::r:: I- <C FIG.3 MAUALLY ASSIG FILES TO APPROPRIATE 238 O CATEGORIES EDIT MET ADA TA VIEW AD ACCEPT PUBLISHIG ETHICS DOCUMET rjl --,

5 EDITORIAL PREPARATIO IITIAL ASSIGMET 11 SERVICE MAAGER OR EDITOR BASED O I "-251 RULES OR SETTIGS Cl LLJ LLJ (_':J <C ::;;;;: LLJ u ffi Cf) 256 RETUR SUBMISSIO TO AUTHOR FOR CORRECTIO AUTO ASSIG OTHER (OFTE SPECIALIZED) I.. 26 I EDITOR(S) (BASED I O RULES) VIEW RESULTS OF ARTWORK QUALITY CHECK VIEW RESULTS OF METADATA CHECK VIEW RESULTS OF LATEX ERROR CHECKS 266 EDIT CLASSIFICATIO/ KEYWORDS VIEW RESULTS OF CRF COVERSIO 268 I 274 CHECKS I 269 I I -, 1 MAUALLY ASSIG OTHER SPECIALIZED EDITOR(S) TOSUBMISSIO FIG.4 MAUALLY ASSIG OTHER SPECIALIZED EDITOR(S) TOSUBMISSIO YES o...i;.... rjl --,

6 PEER REVIEW 32, SEARCH FOR REVIEWERS (BY TAKIG ITO ACCOUT AUTHOR'S PREFERRED IVITE OTHER REVIEWERS RATE REVIEWERS 1 (" I r-e-d-ito_r... IS-T-RU-CT-1 8 Anl-ff' 1\/ITAT1nc: REVIEWERS) MAAGE/VALIDATE h!yes S RE\1EW CC!AMETS I 311 I REQUEST CHAGE I '-315C r- - FROM AUTHOR 2: l..j...j t/) I > Cf) l..j...j > l..j...j u l..j...j DISPLAY SEARCH RESULTS BASED O EDITOR'S SEARCH CRITERIA ACCESS TO SCOPUS AD SCIEEDIRECT EVIEWER 2 EVIEWER I ICC!AMJICATE WITH I I RECXl\fAEATIO FOR ACEESS TO I I SUBMISSIO 11 LAGUAGE SETTIG I REVIEW AD lfflotate EPT OR REJECT) REGISTERED OTfER REVIEWERS SLJ!JjlJTED ARTICLE P in OR EDITOR IVITE CO-REVIEWERS FIG. 5 OTIFICATIO SET TO AUTHOR 328 o. Ul. rjl

7 EDITORIAL PREPARATIO l- o LJ..J 351 \ I I AUTHOR SUBMITS C) r-l I SUBMISSIO (SUBMISSIO) PEER REVIEW COMPLETED (PEER REVIEW) REASSESSMET AUTHOR SUBMITS REVISED SUBMISSIO DOWLOAD COMMETS AD SUBMITTED ARTICLES EITHER uv REJEQT MARK I ATIVE FORMAT OR PDF POSTIG REVISE (DECISIO) 362 FILES UPDATE COMMETS TO PRODUCTIO MARK OUTPUT TO BE SPLIT o LJ..J I C/) > Cf) 366 I TRIGGER DOWLOAD UTILITY 368 OTIFICATIO I 1 SET TO AUTHOR, REVIEWER, EDITORS _ 1 1 _,_ ""Ml i DELETE SUBMISSIO r BASED O JOURAL SETTIGS AD RETETIO POLICY LJ..J > LJ..J u LJ..J I- <C O rjl --,

8 REVISIO 421!:;J r i 1 :2: l.j..j tn > (/) ::i::: f- <:C DECISIO PROCESS OTIFICATIO SET TO EDITOR ASSIGS FILE TYPE ASSIG SYSTEM ID COMPLETEESS CHECK REFERECE LISTIG CHECK METADATA OPTIOAL LATEX ERRORS CHECK CHECKS ERRORS CHECK ARTWORK QUALITY CHECK L r UPLOAD EW I UPDATED SUPPLEMETARY FILES CRF COVERSIO ERRORS CHECK,...., SUGGEST I OPPOSE REVISIOS O-SUBMISSIO FORM UPDATE 422 REVIEW RE SUL TS OF DESIGATED CHECKS SYC DATA WITH USER PROFILE DATA SED OTIFICATIO TO EDITOR o. -J. VIEW REVIEWER COMMETS (AOTATIOS) OFFLIE/OLIE UPLOAD EW/ UPDATED MADATORY FILES 417 I 418 EDIT METADATA I ' rjl --,

9 WATERFALL OTIFY AUTHOR :5111 OF EDITOR'S DECISIO OT <r: TO WATERFALL ::;:;: LI..J I C/) > (/) AUTHOR OTIFIED OF REJECTED SUBMISSIO 61 AUTHOR WITHDRAWS 1 SUBMISSIO 627 o G z: > LI..J (_:J LI..J s O::'. l o LI..J G z: Cl z:: LI..J :5 l o LI..J FIG.8. QO. rjl --,

10 GROUP SUBMISSIOS 15 '-'--' 813 SELECT EXISTIG GROUP 87 REATE EW GROUP FROM MASTER TEMPLATE o :;;;;:: '-'--' f- (f) > (/") CREATE EW r itt' I CREATE GROUP RELATIOSHIP I 1'""''"", ""''" I 82 AD ADD TEMPLATE SUBMISSIO(S) :--:-;-"n SYSTEM PRESETS A VIEW SYSTEM PRESETS A VIEW 826 OF THE GROUP AD ALLOWS SYSTEM UTAGS OF THE RELATIOSHIP AD ALLOWS EDITIG OF METADATA SYSTEM UTAGS SUBMISSIOS FROM EDITIG OF METADATA 2. EDITOR CA ALSO SUBMISSIOS FROM THE GROUP 2. EDITOR CA ALSO DEACTIVATE THE RELATIOSHIP DEACTIVATE GROUP 819 A RELATIOSHIP SY-ST,.L_EM-'-T-AG--,S 827.LSY...LST-EM-T-AG-S--, 1 SYCHROIZE SYSTEM DATA. IF METADATA IS CHAGED 1. SYCHROIZE SYSTEM DATA IF METADATA IS CHAGED SUBMISSIOS AS A GROUP SUBMISSIOS AS 2. DEACTIVATE RELATIOSHIP IF 2. DEACTIVATE GROUP IF EDITOR A RELATIOSHIP EDITOR CHOOSES TO DO SO CHOOSES TO DO SO FIG.9 PRE COFIGURED WORKFLOW STEPS. ". rjl --,

11 JOURAL ADMIISTRATIO PROCESS q REMOVE TAG FROM LIVE I - I I EVIROMET CJ) > CJ) 852 I RECEIVES REQUEST FOR TRAIIG I- Ct:: l..j...j (..9 <C <C :::;;;:: l..j...j u > Ct:: l..j...j CJ) OTIFICATIO SET TO COFIGURED USERS O JOURAL GOIG LIVE 876 CREATE A EW JOURAL I TRAIIG MODE REPLICATE EXISTIG JOURAL SETTIG TO CREATE EW JOURAL I TRAIIG MODE 866 PUBLISH ACROSS JOURAL SEDS OTIFICATIO TO JOURAL ADMIISTRATIO/ SERVICE MAAGER 854 SEDS OTIFICATIO TO JOURAL ADMIISTRATIO/ SERVICE MAAGER OTIFICATIO 1 _,,_ SED TO USERS COFIGURED REGARDIG JOURAL DELETIO 863 I 855 TRAIIG JOURAL IS DELETED BASED O COFIGURATIO SETTIGS PERFORM JOURAL CLEA UP r _!} {J_:-_ ,_; PARALLEL PROCESSES 1 I RECEIVES REQUEST 1 I WORKFLOW SETUP 11 SETUP I AMED RULES 11 SETUP TEMPLATES I TO CHAGE JOURAL SETTIGS : 1 I I COFIGURATIO I I USER ADMIISTRATIO I USER MAAGEMET : AD ACCESS : L FIG.1, - TRAIER CA DELETE THE ""'" 862JOURAL (TRAIIG MODE) : 1 D REPLICA TE JOURAL SETTIG TO LIVE 861 I EVIROMET! CREATE A EW JOURAL I LIVE EVIROMET AD TRASFER/REPLICATE THE JOURAL SETTIGS o... rjl --,

12 JOURALS LEAVIG..._ Z:O::: 2 of -: ::2: LLJ LLJ '-' f- LLJ ;? ::i::: (/) u as f- (/) >- (/) HAS I OTIFY EDITORIAL STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT THE JOURAL MIGRATIO IITIAL EXPORT - DOE CLOSE TO SUBMISSIO FIAL EXPORT - DOE O FIAL DISPOSITIO SET ED DATE FORV95. ED DATE. OF SUBMISSIO SUBMISSIO ITO JOURAL 914 ITERATIVE PROCESS CREATE EXPORT PACKAGE OF JOURAL/ USER SPECIFIC FILES CREATE EXPORT PACKAGE OF JOURAL/ SIO ED DATE YES USER SPECIFIC METADATA DH' Cm? O CREATE EXPORT PACKAGE I I I OF FILES UPLOADED AS PART OF REVIEW/DECISIO CAPTURE JOURAL 918 HISTORY /STATUS SUBMIT SUBMISSIOS/ OTIFICATIO OF JOURA[ AUTHOR/ REVISIOS MIGRATIO/DELETIO REVIEWER I SUBMIT REVIEWER ED OF SUBMISSIO COMMETS FIG. 11 ITERATIVE PROCESS CREA TE EXPORT PACKAGE OF JOURAL/ USER SPECIFIC FILES CREA TE EXPORT PACKAGE OF JOURAL/ USER SPECIFIC METADATA CREATE EXPORT PACKAGE OF FILES UPLOADED AS PART OF REVIEW/DECISIO IITIATE SOFT /HARD DELETE OF JOURAL BASED O JOURAL COFIGURATIO DELETE JOURAL IFORMATIO RETAI USER PROFILE 915 I I MAITAI WORKFLOW I HISTORY AS PER COFIGURATIO 91 c917o I LIMITED ACCESS ALLOWED TO JOURAL BASED O USER I I PERMISSIOS 92 o.. rjl --,

13 1 OLIE PEER REVIEW SYSTEM AD METHOD FIELD OF IVETIO US 9,43,468 B2 Th prsnt invntion rlats in gnral to onlin scintific pr rvi systms, an in particular to a novl onlin journal managmnt an publishing solution hich is sign to crat a flxibl, intuitiv, intllignt an ntrpris scal usr-cntr solution hich is sign in a 1 moular fashion to asily an quickly a n faturs an offr intgration points. BRIEF DESCRIPTIO OF PRIOR ART Thr xist a numbr of onlin scintific pr rvi systms. All of ths systms offr th sam basic functions such as intrfacs for authors to submit, uploa or onloa articls rlat to a journal, as ll as intrfacs for rvirs to rvi th articls, an for itors to accpt or rjct articls. A summary of th major xisting onlin scintific pr rvi systms is provi blo. Th first systm is an opn sourc onlin journal publishing systm call th "Opn Journal Systm". It is sponsor by th Simon Frasr Univrsity. An onlin usr's gui is availabl at: Th Opn Journal Systm provis intrfacs for usrs to uploa/onloa submissions an it supports multipl languags. It also provis an intrfac for rvirs to manag th submission unr rvi. Th scon systm is a commrcially-availabl onlin manuscript submission an pr rvi softar systm call "Eitorial Managr" from Aris Systms. An onlin 35 usr's gui is availabl at com/hompag/hom.htm. Th Eitorial Managr softar manags submissions, itorial functions an pr rvi. It uss a customiz intrfac to transfr accpt manuscripts to publishrs such as Oxfor Univrsity Prss, Elsvir, tc. 4 It also tracks rfr activity, an automatically mails appropriat rminrs. Aris Systms also partnrs ith a company call "ithnticat". ithnticat has a commrcially-availabl softar call "ithnticat Plagiarism Chckr" for pla- 45 giarism tction. Bcaus ithnticat has a partnrship ith Aris Systms, it apparntly allos Aris' itorial an pr rvi systm to tct plagiarism. Th thir onlin journal publishing systm is a commrcially-availabl pr rvi journal managmnt systm 5 call "ScholarOn Manuscripts" from Thomson Rutrs. Th ScholarOn Manuscripts systm also uss ithnticat Plagiarism Chckr for plagiarism tction. It nabls usrs to xcut task assignmnts, -mail rminrs, an bbas rsarch tools automatically. It also capturs ata an 55 fils in multipl languags an formats an convrts thm into PDF or HTML ocumnts on th fly. It also allos th usr to ntr customiz journal articl mtaata. All of ths xisting systms ar, to som gr, not convnint to us. For xampl, ths xisting systms only 6 offr a shar atabas among sistr journals, hras a shar atabas is not availabl for non-sistr journals, for xampl, journals that ar not on by rlat ntitis. Thus, it is impossibl for ths xisting systms to accommoat th usr's rqust to sitch from a sistr journal to 65 a non-sistr journal. Morovr, non of ths systms provi convnint intrfacs to facilitat th communications 15 2 btn itors, usrs an rvirs. In aition, it is ifficult to a n faturs to th currnt onlin journal publishing systms. Thr is thrfor a n to vlop a mor flxibl an convnint onlin journal publishing systm. SUMMARY OF THE IVETIO On aspct of th invntion is irct to an onlin ocumnt managmnt systm. Th systm compriss on or mor itorial computrs oprat by on or mor aministrators or itors, th itorial computrs sn invitations an manag rvi, such as pr rvi, of ocumnt submissions; on or mor systm computrs, th systm computrs maintain journals, rcors of submitt ocumnts an usr profils, an issu notifications; an on or mor usr computrs; th usr computrs submit ocumnts or rvisions to th ocumnt managmnt systm. In on 2 mboimnt, th on or mor of sai itorial computrs coorinat ith on or mor of th systm computrs to migrat on or mor ocumnts btn journals maintain by th onlin ocumnt managmnt systm. Anothr aspct of th invntion is irct to a mtho of 25 managing ocumnts submitt onlin. Th mtho compriss: initiating invitations from on or mor itorial computrs oprat by on or mor journal itors to on or mor usr computrs oprat by on or mor usrs on on or mor journals; submitting ocumnts from on or mor of 3 th usr computrs to on or mor systm computrs; th systm computrs maintaining journals, rcors of submitt ocumnts an usr profils; proviing commnts on th submitt ocumnts from on or mor computrs oprat by on or mor rvirs; an migrating on or mor submitt ocumnts btn journals maintain by on or mor of th systm computrs. BRIEF DESCRIPTIO OF THE DRAWIGS FIG. 1 schmatically picts a usr rgistration/activation procss that is implmnt on on or mor computrs in on or mor ntorks accoring to on mboimnt of th invntion. FIG. 2 schmatically picts a usr login procss that is implmnt on on or mor computrs in on or mor ntorks accoring to on mboimnt of th invntion. FIG. 3 schmatically picts a submission procss that is implmnt on on or mor computrs in on or mor ntorks accoring to on mboimnt of th invntion. FIG. 4 schmatically picts an itorial prparation procss that is implmnt on on or mor computrs in on or mor ntorks accoring to on mboimnt of th invntion. FIG. 5 schmatically picts a pr rvi procss that is implmnt on on or mor computrs in on or mor ntorks accoring to on mboimnt of th invntion. FIG. 6 schmatically picts a cision prparation procss that is implmnt on on or mor computrs in on or mor ntorks accoring to on mboimnt of th invntion. FIG. 7 schmatically picts a rvision procss that is implmnt on on or mor computrs in on or mor ntorks accoring to on mboimnt of th invntion. FIG. 8 schmatically picts a atrfall procss that is implmnt on on or mor computrs in on or mor ntorks accoring to on mboimnt of th invntion.

14 3 FIG. 9 schmatically picts a group submissions procss that is implmnt on on or mor computrs in on or mor ntorks accoring to on mboimnt of th invntion. FIG. 1 schmatically picts a training/journal aministration procss that is implmnt on on or mor computrs in on or mor ntorks accoring to on mboimnt of th invntion. US 9,43,468 B2 FIG. 11 schmatically picts a journals laving procss that is implmnt on on or mor computrs in on or 1 mor ntorks accoring to on mboimnt of th invntion. Th journals laving procss may b triggr hn a journal lavs th publishing systm. DETAILED DESCRIPTIO OF PREFERRED EMBODIMETS FIG. 1 schmatically picts a usr rgistration/activation procss that is implmnt on on or mor computrs in on or mor ntorks accoring to on mboimnt of th invntion. Th usr rgistration/activation procss nabls a usr to rgistr or activat ith th journal publishing systm. Onc th procss starts at stp 111, it may ncountr on or mor of th folloing four situations: 1) an Eitor sns an invitation to a usr or a Rvir; 2) an invit (or unsolicit) usr initiats th procss to rgistr ith th systm 3) an invit (or unsolicit) usr signs-in to activat 4) a systm aministrator or an Eitor cis to activat a usr Th procss stps that ar involv in th 4 situations abov ar xplain blo. First, if, in stp 113, an Eitor sns an invitation to a usr or Rvir, th procss movs to stp 114 to chck th status of th invitation. If th invitation is rjct, thn th procss movs to stp 119, hr a notification is snt to th systm aministrator or th Eitor, an th procss ill stop its xcution. If th invitation is accpt by a usr/rvir, thn th procss movs to stp 117 to ait for a usr action. If th usr/rvir cis to rgistr ith th journal publishing systm of th invntion, thn th procss gos to stp 118 to prompt th usr/rvir to ntr his/hr I (such as an mail arss). In stp 12, th procss vrifis hthr th I alray xists in th systm's rcor. If so, a notification is snt in stp 121 to th usr/rvir an th procss loops back to stp 118. Hr, th usr/rvir may choos to rrgistr using a iffrnt I, or usr th xisting I to sign-in. If th usr/rvi chos to sign-in, thn in stp 128 a b-pag is isplay to th usr/rvir to provi an intrfac for th usr/rvi to prform othr actions. In on mboimnt, th b-pag is th fault journal hompag. Th b-pag may also b a usr-spcific hompag shoing usr-prfrr information, such as information rgaring usr-prfrr journals in th systm. In anothr mboimnt, th b-pag may b a pag inicat in th invitation or a usr-prfrr bsit. If, in stp 12, th procss trmins th I os not xist in th systm's rcor, thn in stp 129 th usr/rvir is prompt to ntr a passor. A CAPT CHA tst is thn gnrat by th systm in stp 13 an th usr/rvi is prompt to ntr th ncssary information rquir by th CAPTCHA KEY. In stp 131, th procss ntrs or upats th systm rcor for this nly ntr usr ata. In stp 132, th procss ntrs or upats ata for spcific journals in connction ith th n rcor Thn, in stp 133, th usr/rvir is prompt to ntr 4 his/hr prfrncs. For xampl, th prfrr languag, th prfrr ay of communication (.g. mails, phon call, tc.), prfrr rvirs, prfrr bpag (laning pag) aftr signing-in, tc. xt, in stp 134, th usr/rvir is prompt to rvi an confirm that h/sh ill comply ith a st of Rgulations. In on mboimnt, th Rgulations inclu th Statmnt on Ethics in Publishing. Thn, stp 135 chcks if th rgistration is complt. If so, th procss movs to stp 137 to issu a succssful rgistration notification that ill b isplay on th usr's sign-in pag in stp 138. If not, th usr/rvir ill b notifi that th rgistration is incomplt in stp 136. If, in stp 116, an uninvit usr initiats th procss, thn th procss movs to stp 117 to trmin th usr 15 action an thn movs to stp 118 or 128 pning on hthr th usr action is rgistration or sign-in. If, in stp 115, a usr signs in to activat from th systm, th procss thn xcuts a activat procur in stp 122. Thn in stp 123, it prompts th usr to confirm 2 activation. A CAPTCHA ky is gnrat by th procss in stp 124 an th usr is prompt to ntr it. Thn, in stp 125, th currnt usr status is captur by th procss an th systm aministrator is notifi in stp 126 that th usr shoul b mark inactiv. In on mboimnt, th usr 25 is prompt to ntr th rason for activation in stp 127, an th rsults of stps 126 an 127 ar us in stp 137 for th procss to issu a activation notification that ill b isplay on th usr's sign-in pag in stp 138. If, in stp 112, a systm aministrator or an Eitor 3 cis to activat a usr, th procss ill irctly mov to stp 123, hich prompts th systm aministrator or Eitor for confirmation. A CAPTCHA ky is gnrat by th procss in stp 124 an th systm aministrator or Eitor is prompt to ntr it. Th procss thn gos to stps , 127, 137, 138 as scrib abov. FIG. 2 schmatically picts a usr login procss that is implmnt on on or mor computrs in on or mor ntorks accoring to on mboimnt of th invntion. Th usr login procss nabls a usr to gain accss to th 4 journal publishing systm. Accoring to FIG. 2, in stp 151, a usr initiats th login procss by ntring th URL of th onlin journal publishing systm, or by clicking on a link in an mail that is ircting th login bpag, or by othr ays nabl by th journal 45 publishing systm. Thn, in stp 152, th journal publishing systm trmins ifth usr has alray sign-in. If so, th procss movs to stp 17 hr a corrsponing b pag is isplay to th usr. Th b pag may b a usr prfrr b pag fin by th usr, or a fault journal 5 b pag st by th journal aministrator, or a "task bas" b pag hos contnt pns on th tasks th usr intns to ork on, or a "gnral task pag" shoing a list of tasks for th systm aministrator or srvic managr to ork on, or a journal hom pag ith links to journal 55 rcommn tools. xt, in stp 171, th usr can navigat to any othr b pag ithin th journal bas on th usr prmission st by th systm aministrator. If stp 153 trmins that th usr has not sign-in, thn in stp 153 th procss chck if th usr has bn 6 intifi. If so, th procss in stp 154 isplays a sign-in pag shoing th usr ID an a blank passor fil. If not, th procss in stp 155 isplays a sign-in pag ith blank usr ID an passor fils. Th usr can thn sign in by ntring th usr ID an passor in stp 165. Aftr 65 rciving th usr ID an passor, th procss in stp 169 vrifis ifth information ntr is corrct. If ys, thn th procss movs to stp 17. If th vrification fails, th

15 5 procss movs to stp 166, hr a "sign-in fail" mssag is isplay an th usr is irct to stp 165 an is prompt to rtry th usr ID an passor. If th vrification stp 169 fins that th passor has xpir, th usr is thn notifi in stp 167 to rst th passor. Aftr th usr rsts th passor, th usr is irct to th login pag of stp 165 to r-ntr th usr ID an passor. If th vrification stp 169 fins that th usr has not bn rgistr, th usr is thn irct to stp 168 to rgistr. In on mboimnt, th sign-in pag has a "forgot usr ID/passor" link, an stp 156 is invok to s if th usr clicks on such a link. If th usr forgts his/hr usr ID/passor, thn th procss movs to a sub-procss to rtriv/rst usr ID an passor. If th usr ID is forgottn (stp 157), thn th procss movs to stp 159 to prompt th usr to contact customr support an a customr support procur 16 may b vlop to rsolv th issu. For xampl, customr support ill rtriv th usr ID if th usr provis othr information (such as social scurity numbr, tc) that vrifis his/hr intity. If th usr forgot his/hr passor, th usr may also b irct to customr support in stp 159 an thn uss th customr support procur to rst or rtriv th passor. Altrnativly, th usr coul b prompt to ansr crtain pr-st passor qustion(s) in stp 161. Thn stp 163 trmins if th usr's ansr(s) ar corrct. If so, th procssor movs to stp 164, hr a passor rst link is snt to th usr's mail ID that is provi at rgistration. Aftr rstting th passor, th usr is irct to th login pag of stp 165. If th usr's ansr(s) ar not corrct, thn in stp 162 a "passor rtrival fail" mssag ill b isplay an th usr is irct to stp 159 to contact customr support. FIG. 3 schmatically picts a submission procss that is implmnt on on or mor computrs in on or mor ntorks accoring to on mboimnt of th invntion. Th procss starts in stp 21. In on mboimnt, th submission procss may b initiat by an author rciving an invitation from an Eitor 211, an author navigats to a journal hom pag 212, or an author fins th journal hom pag from th journal publishing systm's hom pag 213. US 9,43,468 B2 In on mboimnt, th stps may b xcut in paralll. Aftr th author fins th journal's hompag, th procss in stp 214 chcks ifth author is rgistr. If ys, th author is prompt to login in stp 216. If no, thn th author is prompt to rgistr first in stp 215, an thn is irct to th login pag in stp 216. Aftr login, th author is prompt to ntr invitation information in stp 217, an thn to slct articl typ in stp 218. Bas on th typ slct, th author can vi an us crtain 5 tmplats to format his/hr articl bfor submission in stp 219. If an author uss crtain tmplats, crtain mtaata can b xtract bfor th author manually ntrs th ata. Thn, in stps 22 an 221, th usr uploas th manatory an supplmntal fils of th articl to th journal 55 publishing systm. Aftr uploaing th articl, th author may b prompt to ntr classification an ky or information of th submitt articl in stp 222. Thn, in stp 223, th author is prompt to fill in a submission form. In stp 224, th 6 author is prompt to fill in a non-submission form. In on mboimnt, th non-submission form rqusts aitional information not irctly rlat to th contnt of th submitt articl,.g. th nam of th ntity that provis funing to th rsarch that has rsult in th articl. In stp , th author thn ntrs funing boy intification information. Thn in stp 226, th author is prompt to 6 spcify co-authors, if any. In stp 227, th author may suggst or oppos rvirs, an in stp 228, th author may mak suggstions of choic of Eitors. Th procss thn movs to stp 229 hr th author may b ask to agr to a 'Watr Fall Agrmnt" hich govrns copyright issus, an potntial submission to othr journals. Thn, in stp 23, a Common Raabl Format fil (CRF) of th articl is crat for rvi. In on mboimnt, th CRF is HTML format. Rnring th articl in HTML format maks 1 th onlin journal publishing systm fastr an lightr, an mor compatibl ith mobil applications. Th journal publishing systm assigns a systm I 231 an Fil Typ 232 to th articl submitt in stps 22 an 221. Th systm also prforms a sris of chcks in stp In on mboimnt, ths chcks inclu a plagiarism chck (th rsult of plagiarism chck may not b isplay only to th itor), a compltnss chck, an artork quality chck, a rfrnc linking chck, a uplication submission chck, an a mtaata rrors chck. Ths chcks may also 2 inclu a LaTx rrors chck, if th articl is rittn in LaTx languag. Thr may also b a CRF convrsion rror chck to mak sur th CRF convrsion of th articl is on proprly. Aftr ths chcks, th author in stp 234 rvis th 25 rsults of th chcks, an rvis th CRF as convrt in stp 235. Th procss thn asks th author if h/sh ishs to moify th articl. If no, thn th procss movs to stp 244, hr th author is ask to vi an accpt a publishing thics ocumnt. Thn, th author maks th final 3 submission in stp 243. Th publishing systm ill thn sync th submission ata ith th author's usr profil ata in stp 24, sn a submission notification to th author in stp 241, an assign a submission I to th articl bing submitt in stp 242. If th author ishs to moify th 35 articl, th author ill hav a chanc to upat th articl an fix rrors in stp 237, manually assign fils to appropriat catgoris in stp 238 an it mtaata of th articl in stp 239. FIG. 4 schmatically picts an itorial prparation 4 procss that is implmnt on on or mor computrs in on or mor ntorks accoring to on mboimnt of th invntion. Th procss starts in stp 251, hr th onlin publishing systm maks an initial assignmnt of srvic managr or itor accoring to crtain ruls or systm 45 sttings. In stp 252, th srvic managr/itor prforms a tchnical chck on th submitt articl. In on mboimnt, th tchnical chck may b outsourc to an xtrnal ntity. In stp 253, th srvic managr/itor cis hthr to rturn th articl to th author for corrction. If ys, th articl is rturn in stp 254. If no, th srvic managr/itor cis in stp 255 if tchnical scrning of th articl is rquir, an if so, tchnical scrning is prform in stp 256. xt, th srvic managr/itor cis in stp 257 if languag iting is rquir, an if so, languag iting is prform in stp 258. In on mboimnt, th languag iting may b outsourc to an xtrnal ntity. In stp 259, th srvic managr/itor assigns th itor(s) to hanl th currnt submission, an a notification is snt to th publishing systm in stp 26. xt, th srvic managr/itor rvis th rsults of tchnical chcks. In on mboimnt, ths chcks inclu artork quality chck 261, mtaata chck 262, LaTx rror chcks 263 an CRF convrsion chcks 264. Aftr rviing ths rsults, th srvic managr/itor may, in stp 27, manually assign othr spcializ itor( s) to th submitt articl. Th publishing systm may also, in stp 265, automatically assign othr (oftn spcial-

16 7 iz) itor(s) to th submitt articl, bas on ruls. xt, th srvic managr/itor rvis th rsults of tchnical scrning (if any). In on mboimnt, ths rsults inclu th rsults of compltnss chck 266, th rsults of rfrnc linking chck 267, th rsults of plagiarism chck 268 an th rsults of uplicat chck 269. Aftr rviing ths rsults, th srvic managr/itor may, in stp 271, manually assign othr spcializ itor(s) to th submitt articl. Th publishing systm may also, in stp 265, automatically assign othr (oftn spcializ) itor(s) to th submitt articl xt, in stp 272, th srvic managr/itor its th classification/kyors of th submitt articl. Thn, in stp 273, th srvic managr/itor cis hthr th submitt articl shoul b pr-rvi. If ys, th articl US 9,43,468 B2 is snt to th pr rvi procss in stp 274. If it is ci that th articl b rturn to th author for corrction, thn th articl is rturn in stp 276. Or, if it is ci that th articl is to b rjct, thn in stp 275 th articl is rjct. In stp 277, th publishing systm sns notifi- 2 cations to th author rgaring th srvic managr/itor's cision in stps FIG. 5 schmatically picts a pr rvi procss that is implmnt on on or mor computrs in on or mor ntorks accoring to on mboimnt of th invntion. Th procss involvs th itor, th publishing systm an th rvir. Th procss starts hn th itor invits th rvir to rvi a submitt articl. In stp 31, th itor may instruct th publishing systm to sn a hoc invitation mails to many potntial rvirs. Th itor may also in stp 32, first sarch for rvirs by taking into account th author's prfrr rvirs. Th publishing systm thn isplays th sarch rsults bas on th itor's sarch critria in stp 34. Thn, th itor in stp 35 chooss th rvir to invit bas on th isplay sarch rsults. Th publishing systm, in stp 33, sns an invitation mail to th rvirs slct by th itor. In on mboimnt, th sarch for rvirs is carri out using th Popl Finr tchnology scrib in thrlans patnt no , titl "Apparatus, Mtho an Softar for gnrating a Knolg Profil an th Sarch for Corrsponing Knolg Profils". Th contnt of this patnt is incorporat in its ntirty hrin. Aftr rciving an invitation mail, a rvir may ci to accpt or rjct th invitation (as shon in stps for multipl rvirs). If th rvir accpts th invitation, thn in stp 323 th publishing systm trmins if th rvir is rgistr. If ys, th rvir may proc to login in stp 324. If no, th rvir is irct to a rgistration procss, such as th rgistration procss shon in FIG. 1. Aftr login, th rvir may hav th folloing options as shon in stp 326. For xampl, th rvir may b givn accss to th submitt articl. Th rvir may also b abl to communicat ith othr rvirs or itors or invit othr co-rvirs. Th rvir may also b givn 55 accss to crtain scintific journals, incluing through srvics such as Scopus an ScincDirct. Thn, in stp 327, th rvir rvis an annotats th submitt articl. In a prfrr mboimnt, th systm allos for annotation of th onlin vrsion of th articl. Th rvir may also hav 6 th option to rcommn languag iting. If rvi is complt, th rvir in stp 331 submits or uploas th rvi commnts to th publishing systm. Th rvir may also trminat th rvi voluntarily. If a rvir cis to rjct an invitation, thn th 65 systm in stp 36 notifis th itor about th rjction. Th systm in stp 38 chcks if th itor has slct altrnativ rvir(s). If ys, thn in stp 37 th systm sns an invitation mail to th altrnativ rvir. If no, th procss ill ait for th itor to sn an a hoc invitation or to sarch for rvir(s). Aftr rciving th rvi commnts, th publishing systm in stp 39 sns a notification mail to th itor, collats rvi commnts in stp 31 ifth commnts ar on in CRF, an sns th commnts to th itor. Aftr rciving th commnts, th itor in stp 311 manags/ valiats th rvi commnts, an in stp 312 rats th rvirs bas on th commnts submitt. Thn, in stp 313, th itor cis if changs n to b ma in th submitt articl. If no, th articl is pass to a cision procss in stp 314. If ys, th itor in stp 315 rqusts th publishing systm to notify th author that changs ar rqust. Thn, th publishing systm in stp 316 sns a notification mail to th author an th articl is pass to a rvision procss in stp 317. FIG. 6 schmatically picts a cision prparation procss that is implmnt on on or mor computrs in on or mor ntorks accoring to on mboimnt of th invntion. Th cision procss may b initiat by th folloing situations: 1) an author submits an articl (stp ); 2) pr rvi of an articl is complt (stp 352); 3) rassssmnt of a prior cision (stp 353) an 4) an author submits a rvis articl (stp 354). If th itor rcivs a submission from an author, thn in stp 355 th itor cis if th articl shoul b rjct ithout 3 rvi. If no, th itor in stp 356 cis if pr rvi is rquir, an if so th procss movs to th pr rvi procss in stp 358, an thn rturns to stp 352. If th articl shoul b rjct ithout rvi, thn in stp 369 th publishing systm sns a notification mail to othr 35 itor(s), th author an rvirs rgaring th rjction. xt, in stp 37 th systm trmins if th itor an author hav initiat a "atrfall" procss to transfr th articl to anothr journal. If ys, thn th atrfall procss ill procss in stp 371. If no, th articl is mark for 4 ltion in stp 372, an thn in stp 373 th systm trmins if th author has rqust rassssmnt. If th author has rqust rassssmnt, th procss movs to stp 353. If th author has not rqust rassssmnt, th articl is lt in stp 374 bas on journal sttings an 45 rtntion policy. If th cision procss is triggr by situations 2-4 abov, thn th procss movs to stp 356, hr th itor cis if pr rvi is rquir. If rvi is triggr, thn th procss movs to th pr rvi procss in stp If rvi is not triggr, in stp 357 th itor cis if h/sh ill vi th rvi commnts (annotations) onlin or offlin. If offlin, thn in stp 366 th publishing systm's onloa utility is triggr an in stp 367 th itor onloas commnts an submitt articls ithr in nativ format or in PDF. If onlin, th itor ill vi th articl ith commnt annotations in CRF in stp 359. Aftr rviing th commnts, th itor in stp 36 cis if changs ar rquir. If changs ar rquir, th itor in stp 365 maks a cision to rqust rvision an sns th cision to th publishing systm. Th publishing systm in stp 368 sns a notification mail to th author for rvision. Th author, thn, in stp 375 cis if h/sh oul agr or clin to rvis th submission. If h/sh agrs to rvis, thn th procss movs to a rvision procss in stp 376, an thn rturns to stp 354. If th author clins to rvis, thn th procss movs to a ithra procss in stp 377.

17 9 If th itor cis that no chang is rquir in stp 36, thn in stp 361, th itor cis hthr to accpt or rjct th articl bas on th commnts. If th itor cis to rjct, thn in stp 369, th publishing systm sns a notification mail to othr itor(s), th author an rvirs rgaring th rjction, an th procss movs to stp 37 as scrib abov. If th itor cis to accpt, thn in stp 362, th fils rlat to th articl ar mark for publication. xt, in stp 363 commnts ar upat to prouction an in stp 364, th output is mark to b split. Th publishing systm thn, in stp 378, sns a notification mail to othr itor(s), th author an rvirs. FIG. 7 schmatically picts a rvision procss that is implmnt on on or mor computrs in on or mor ntorks accoring to on mboimnt of th invntion. Th procss starts from stp 41, hr th publishing systm sns an mail notification to th author rgaring th itor's rqust for rvision. Th author thn procs to login in stp 45, an navigats to his/hr submission in stp 44. Th author thn vis th rvi commnts, ithr offlin or onlin, in stp 46 an cis in stp 47 if h/sh ill submit rvision. If no, thn th publishing systm in stp 43 sns a notification to th itor an th procss movs to a cision procss in stp 42. If ys, thn th author in stp 41 accpts or clarifis commnts on CRF an crats a rvis vrsion in stp 411. Thn, in stp 412 th fils associat ith th submitt articl ar mark for copying from th prvious vrsion, an th n or upat fils ar uploa to th publishing systm in stp 413. Th publishing systm may assign fil typ in stp 48 an assign systm ID to th submitt fils in stp 419. Optionally, th author may also uploa n or upat supplmntal fils to th publishing systm in stp 414, upat classification/kyors in stp 415, upat coauthor in stp 416, upat funing boy in stp 417, prform submission form upat in stp 418 an nonsubmission form upat in stp 419, as ll as suggst or oppos rvirs in stp 42. Aftr th rsults of stps abov ar uploa to th publishing systm, th systm may optionally prform a numbr of chcks on th upat submission in stp 421. Ths chcks may inclu compltnss chck, rfrnc linking chck, mtaata rrors chck, artork quality chck, CRF convrsion rrors chck an LaTx rrors chck. Th author may rvi th rsults of th abov chcks in stp 424 an rvi th CRF in stp 425. xt, in stp 426, th author cis if h/sh ishs to moify th submission bas on th rsults of th chcks. If no, th author maks a final submission of th rvision in stp 43. Th publishing systm thn sns a notification to th itor in stp 423, an syncs th rvision ata ith th author's usr profil ata in stp 422. Th procss thn movs to th cision procss in stp 42. If th author cis to moify th submission bas on th rsults of th chcks, thn th author in stp 427 upats an fixs th rrors an may choos to r-chck th fils. Or, th author may manually group th fils in stp 428 an submit for a r-chck. Or, th author may it th mtaata of th fils an submit for a r-chck. FIG. 8 schmatically picts a atrfall procss that is implmnt on on or mor computrs in on or mor ntorks accoring to on mboimnt of th invntion. Th atrfall procss is th transfr of submitt articls from on journal to anothr journal. Th atrfall procss may b initiat by an itor of a sning journal ho cis to atrfall a submission to a rciving journal, as US 9,43,468 B2 1 shon in stp 63. Aftr larning th itor's cision, th publishing systm thn notifis th itor(s) of th rciving journal in stp 64. Th itor(s) of th rciving journal in stp 65 cis hthr to accpt th submission. If no, thn th itor of th sning journal is notifi in stp 67 an th atrfall procss ill n. If ys, th publishing systm in stp 66 chcks if th author has agr to atrfall his/hr rjct submission. If no, thn th publishing systm in stp 62 asks th author's prmission to 1 atrfall th submission. If th author clins to atrfall, thn in stp 61 th itor is notifi of th author's cision not to atrfall. If th author accpts atrfall, thn th publishing systm in stp 68 notifis th author that th submission ill b atrfall to a particular journal. If 15 th publishing systm in stp 66 fins th author has agr to atrfall his/hr rjct submission, thn th procss also movs to stp 68 abov. Folloing stp 68, th itor of th rciving journal in stp 616 vis th submission an mtaata (CRF or nativ format). Thn, 2 in stp 617, th itor cis if h/sh ill rquir rvir commnts from th sning journal. If no, thn th itor ill ci on th atrfall submission in stp 623. If th itor ill rquir th rvir commnts, thn in stp 618, th publishing systm chcks if th rvir 25 has opt to block th transfr of rvi commnts. If ys, th systm notifis th itor of th rvir's cision to block commnts in stp 622, an th itor cis in stp 621 hthr to proc ithout rvi commnts. If no, th atrfall procss ill n. If ys, th procss movs to 3 stp 623 abov. If th rvir os not block th commnts, thn in stp 619, th itor rvis th itor/ rvi commnts an th procss movs to stp 623 abov. Aftr stp 623, th itor cis to rjct or accpt th submission for atrfall. If th submission is rjct, thn 35 in stp 61 th author is notifi of th rjction, an in stp 611, th author cis hthr to atrfall th submission to anothr journal. If no, thn th atrfall procss ill n. If ys, thn in stp 613 th publishing systm may provi journal rcommnations to th author via th journal rc- 4 ommnation tool, an th author may slct a journal to atrfall in stp 614. Th publishing systm thn notifis th itor of th rciving journal in stp 615. Th procss thn movs to stp 616 abov. Th journal rcommnation tool is oprabl to rcom- 45 mn a journal to th author if th journal has publish articls hich hav a high similarity ith th nly submitt articl. In on mboimnt, th systm trmins hthr a journal's publish articls hav a high similarity to th nly submitt articl by crating a fingrprint of all 5 publish articls of a journal, an thn comparing thm to th fingrprint of th submission. Th similarity can b xprss as a match rat. Th list of rcommn journals can b initially sort bas on th match rat. Optionally, th usr is abl to vi th folloing aspcts of a journal: 55 Impact factor, Sp of publication an Accptanc rat. If th itor cis to accpt a submission for atrfall in stp 623, thn in stp 624, th itor cis hthr to rquir aitional information from th author. If no, thn th publishing systm in stp 632 assigns submission I to 6 th submission bing atrfall, notifis th author in stp 634, an movs th procss to th itorial procss in stp 633. If th systm rquirs aitional information from th author to submit to this spcific journal, thn in stp 625 th publishing systm notifis th author for aitional infor- 65 mation. Th author in stp 626 cis hthr to submit rqust information. If no, thn th publishing systm notifis th itor of th rciving journal in stp 635 an

18 US 9,43,468 B2 11 th atrfall procss ns. If ys, thn th author in stp 627 submits th aitional information. Th publishing systm, thn, in stp 628 prforms various chcks as scrib abov, assigns systm I an fil I in stp 629 an gnrats a CRF in stp 63. Th author in stp 631 vis th CRF an submits th submission in stp Th procss thn movs to stp 632 abov. Th atrfall procss may also b triggr by an author hn h/sh ithras a submission, as shon in stp 69. If so, th author is prompt to ci if h/sh ants to 1 atrfall th submission to anothr journal as shon in stp 611 abov. Altrnativly, hn th publishing systm sns an author a rjction notic (folloing an itor's cision bas on pr rvi), as shon in stp 612, thn th procss movs to stp 61 abov FIG. 9 schmatically 15 picts a group submissions procss that is implmnt on on or mor computrs in on or mor ntorks accoring 12 th procss movs to stp 827 abov. If th itor chooss to vi rlationship or it rlationship mtaata, thn th publishing systm in stp 824 prsnts a vi of th group an allos th itor to it th mtaata of th group. Th itor can also activat a group from th vi. Thn, in stp 825 th systm synchronizs systm ata ifth group's mtaata is chang an activats th group if th itor chooss to o so. Th procss thn ns. Th itor may also choos to rmov crtain submissions from th rlationship. If that is th cas, thn th publishing systm in stp 826 untags ths submissions to b rmov from th rlationship, an th procss ns. FIG. 1 schmatically picts a training/journal aministration procss that is implmnt on on or mor computrs in on or mor ntorks accoring to on mboimnt of th invntion. As shon in FIG. 1, hn a trainr rcivs a rqust for training in stp 851, th trainr may ithr crat a n journal in training mo as shon in stp 852; or rplicat an xisting journal stting to crat a n journal in training mo, as shon in stp 853. In on mboimnt, th trainr may b a staff mmbr of th company running th journal systm. Training sssions may b provi in prson, or through b applications such as WbEx. Th trainr thn in stp 8535 invits journal aminto on mboimnt of th invntion. As sho in FIG. 9, th itor may slct on or mor submissions in stp 81. Thn, in stp 82, th itor cis hthr to signat 2 th slct submissions as Rlationship or Group. If th itor cis to crat a rlationship (not group) for th slct submissions, thn th procss movs to stp 819, hr th itor cis hthr to crat a n rlationship. If th itor ants to signat th submissions as a group, thn th itor chcks in stp 83 ifth submissions alray blong to a group. If ys, th itor is so inform an th procss ns. If no, th itor in stp 85 cis hthr to crat a n group. If no, th itor in stp 813 slcts th xisting group. If ys, thn th itor in stp 86 chcks if a group tmplat xists an in stp 87 crats a n group from th mastr group tmplat. If no, thn th itor in stp 815 crats a group tmplat, inhrits mtaata in stp 816 an th procss movs to stp 87 abov. Aftr th n group tmplat is crat, th itor in stp 88 spcifis th group nam, an spcifis th group typ in stp 89. Thn in stp 81, th itor may a othr submissions to th n or slct group. Th publishing systm thn tags th submissions as a group in stp 811. Thn, in stp 812, th systm xcuts th orkflo stps such as th various chcks as scrib bfor. If th itor slcts an xisting group, as shon in stp 813, thn in stp 814 th itor chooss th actions on th slct group. If h/sh chooss to a othr submissions to th group, thn th procss movs to stp 81 abov. If h/sh chooss to rmov crtain submissions from th group, thn th publishing systm in stp 819 untags th submissions to b rmov from th group an th group submissions procss ns. If th itor chooss to vi or it group mtaata, thn th publishing systm in stp 817 prsnts a vi of th group an allos th itor to it th mtaata of th group. Th itor can also activat a group from th vi. Thn, in stp 818 th systm synchronizs systm ata if th group's mtaata is chang an activats th group if th itor chooss to o so. Th procss 55 thn ns. If th itor cis in stp 819 to crat a n rlationship for th slct submissions, thn in stp 82 th itor crats th n rlationship an may also a submissions to th n rlationship. xt, in stp 821, th itor spcifis a nam for th n rlationship. Th publishing systm thn tags th submissions as a rlationship as spcifi by th itor in stp 827. If th itor cis in stp 819 not to crat a n rlationship for th slct submissions, thn in stp 822 th itor slcts an xisting 65 rlationship an in stp 823 chooss actions on th slct rlationship. If th itor chooss to a submissions, thn 25 istrator/srvic managrs or othr usrs for training, an thn provis training to journal usrs in stp 854. Whn stp 8535 is xcut, th publishing systm also sns a notification mail to th journal aministration/srvic managr in stp 855. Thn, in stp 856, th trainr cis hthr 3 th journal configuration can b ma oprational. If no, thn in stp 862 th trainr lts th journal in training mo an th procss ns. Th publishing systm also sns a notification mail to usrs configur rgaring journal ltion in stp 863, an th training journal is 35 lt bas on configuration sttings in stp 865. An authoriz usr can also choos to xtn th at for journal ltion, in stp 864 If th trainr os not think th journal configuration can b ma liv, thn in stp 857 th trainr cis hthr 4 to clan up th journal. If ys, th trainr prforms journal clan up in stp 858 an th procss movs to stp 859. If no, thn th procss irctly movs to stp 859, hr th trainr chcks if th training journal is an xisting journal. If ys, th trainr in stp 86 rplicats th journal 45 stting to liv nvironmnt. If no, th trainr crats a n journal in liv nvironmnt in stp 861 an transfrs/ rplicats journal sttings th sttings of th training journal to th n journal. Aftr stps 86 or 861, th publishing systm ithr 5 rmovs th tst tag from th liv nvironmnt in stp 873 an sns a notification mail to configur usrs rgaring th tst journal going liv in stp 875, or prsists journal stting changs in stp 874 an publishs th stting changs across journal in stp 876. Th procss thn ns. In on mboimnt, th srvic managr may rciv rqusts to chang journal sttings to training, as shon in stp 866. Or, h/sh may rciv notifications from th publishing systm to participat in trainings. If that happns, th srvic managr may in stp 867 xcut th folloing 6 in paralll for th training journal: orkflo stup for training, stup/amn ruls, st up tmplats, configuration, usr aministration an usr managmnt an accss. Th procss thn movs to stp 854 for th trainr an to stp 873 or 874 for th systm. FIG. 11 schmatically picts a journals laving procss that is implmnt on on or mor computrs in on or mor ntorks accoring to on mboimnt of th invn-

19 US 9,43,468 B2 13 tion. Th journals laving procss may b triggr hn a journal lavs th publishing systm. As shon in FIG. 11, th systm aministrator/chif itor in stp 91 slcts a journal to b rmov. Thn, in stp 92, th journal contract is chck, an th systm rtntion policy is chck in stp 93 for conformity. xt, th systm aministrator/chif itor in stp 94 notifis itorial stakholrs about th journal migration. On confirmation of all of th abov, th systm aministrator/chif itor in stp 95 sts an n at for submission into th journal. Th 1 systm in stp 96 rcors th n at. Whn a usr maks a submission/or submits a rvision in stp 918, th publishing systm in stp 919 chcks ifth submission at is pass. If no, th procss movs to submission/pr rvi 15 in stp 92. If ys, thn th usr is notifi of journal migration/ltion an n of submission in stp 921. In on mboimnt, th systm aministrator/chif itor may initiat an initial xport procss hn th tim is clos 14 Componnts of th invntiv computr systm may inclu, but ar not limit to, a procssing unit, a systm mmory, an a systm bus that coupls various systm componnts incluing th systm mmory to th procssing unit. Th computr systm typically inclus a varity of non-transitory computr-raabl mia. Computr-raabl mia can b any availabl mia that can b accss by th computr an inclus both volatil an nonvolatil mia, an rmovabl an non-rmovabl mia. By ay of xampl, an not limitation, computr-raabl mia may compris computr storag mia an communication mia. Computr storag mia may stor information such as computr-raabl instructions, ata structurs, program mouls or othr ata. Computr storag mia inclus, but is not limit to, RAM, ROM, EEPROM, flash mmory or othr mmory tchnology, CD-ROM, igital vrsatil isks (DVD) or othr optical isk storag, magntic casstts, magntic tap, magntic isk storag or othr magntic storag vics, or any othr mium hich can b us to stor th sir information an hich can accss by th computr. Communication mia typically mbois computr-raabl instructions, ata structurs, program moto th submission n at, as shon in stp 97. If that 2 procss is initiat, th publishing systm in stp 91 xcuts an itrativ procss to crat an xport packag of journal/usr spcific fils, journal/usr spcific mtaata an fils uploa as part ofrvi/cision. Thn, in stp 911, th systm capturs journal history/status. In anothr mboimnt, th systm aministrator/chif itor may initiat a final xport procss on final isposition of a submission, as shon in stp 98. If that procss is initiat, th publishing systm in stp 912 xcuts an itrativ procss to crat xport packag of journal/usr 3 spcific fils, journal/usr spcific mtaata an fils uploa as part ofrvi/cision. Thn, in stp 913, th systm capturs journal history/status, an in stp 917, only limit accss is allo to th journal bas on usr 35 prmissions. In yt anothr mboimnt, th systm aministrator/ chif itor may initiat soft/har lt of th journal bas on journal configuration, as shon in stp 99. If that procss is initiat, th publishing systm in stp 914 lts journal information an rtains usr profils in stp 915. Th systm also maintains orkflo history as pr configuration in stp 916. Th invntion scrib abov is oprational ith gnral purpos or spcial purpos computing systm nvironmnts or configurations. Exampls of ll knon computing systms, nvironmnts, an/or configurations that may b suitabl for us ith th invntion inclu, but ar not limit to: prsonal computrs, srvr computrs, han-hl or laptop vics, smart phons such as iphons, tablt vics such as ipas, multiprocssor systms, microprocssor-bas systms, st top boxs, programmabl consumr lctronics, ntork PCs, minicomputrs, mainfram computrs, istribut computing nvironmnts that inclu any of th abov systms or vics, an th lik. It shoul b unrstoo that rfrncs to a 'computr' in this spcification-for xampl, an itorial computr or a systm computr-inclu rfrncs to both physical an logical computrs, hr a logical computr may rsi in on or mor physical computrs, on or mor logical computrs 6 may rsi in on physical computr, an logical computrs may b part of a clou computing systm. It shoul also b unrstoo that rfrncs to a 'atabas' in this spcification-for xampl a journal atabas an a non-sistr journal atabas-inclu rfrncs to atabass that may b physically istinct or logically istinct (for xampl, virtual atabass). 25 uls or othr ata in a moulat ata signal such as a carrir av or othr transport mchanism an inclus any information livry mia. Th trm "moulat ata signal" mans a signal that has on or mor of its charactristics st or chang in such a mannr as to nco information in th signal. By ay of xampl, an not limitation, communication mia inclus ir mia such as a ir ntork or irct-ir connction, an irlss mia such as acoustic, RF, infrar an othr irlss mia. Combinations of th any of th abov shoul also b inclu ithin th scop of computr-raabl mia. Th computr systm may oprat in a ntork nvironmnt using logical connctions to on or mor rmot computrs. Th rmot computr may b a prsonal com- 4 putr, a srvr, a routr, a ntork PC, a pr vic or othr common ntork no, an typically inclus many or all of th lmnts scrib abov rlativ to th computr. Th logical connctions pict in inclu on or mor local ara ntorks (LA) an on or mor i ara ntorks 45 (WA), but may also inclu othr ntorks. Such ntorking nvironmnts ar commonplac in offics, ntrprisi computr ntorks, intrants an th Intrnt. For as of xposition, not vry stp or lmnt of th prsnt invntion is scrib hrin as part of softar or 5 55 computr systm, but thos skill in th art ill rcogniz that ach stp or lmnt may hav a corrsponing computr systm or softar componnt. Such computr systms an/or softar componnts ar thrfor nabl by scribing thir corrsponing stps or lmnts (that is, thir functionality), an ar ithin th scop of th prsnt invntion. In aition, various stps an/or lmnts of th prsnt invntion may b stor in a non-transitory storag mium, an slctivly xcut by a procssor. Th forgoing componnts of th prsnt invntion scrib as making up th various lmnts of th invntion ar intn to b illustrativ an not rstrictiv. Many suitabl componnts that oul prform th sam or similar functions as th componnts scrib ar intn to b 65 mbrac ithin th scop of th invntion. Such othr componnts can inclu, for xampl, componnts vlop aftr th vlopmnt of th prsnt invntion.

20 15 What is claim is: 1. An onlin journal rcommnation systm, comprising: on or mor itorial computrs connct to a multino ntork, sai itorial computrs comprising on or mor program controll ata procssors configur to: rciv an author-submitt articl for publication via sai multi-no ntork; accss journal atabas rcors, hrin sai atabas rcors inclu information associat ith prviously submitt articls an corrsponing author usr profils; crat a first fingrprint of a plurality of publish articls in a particular journal from th journal atabas rcors; US 9,43,468 B2 crat a scon fingrprint of th author-submitt articl; compar th first fingrprint ith th scon fingrprint to trmin hthr th particular journal has articls ith a high similarity to th author-submitt 2 articl; rcommn th particular journal to th author as a potntial journal for submission of th author-submitt articl hn th particular journal has publish articls hich hav a high similarity; an hn th author-submitt articl is rjct from th particular journal: rciv a first input, from th author of th submitt articl for publication, comprising a rqust to initiat a atrfall procss for th rjct author- 3 submitt articl, provi a first notification of th first input to a rciving journal vic, rciv a confirmation to proc from th rciving journal vic, transform th rjct author-submitt articl into a atrfall articl, transmit ata comprising a submission to th rciving journal vic, hrin th submission compriss th atrfall 4 articl an mtaata, rciv a transmission from th rciving journal vic, hrin th transmission compriss a rjction of th submission an an option to continu th atrfall procss ith a scon rciving 45 journal, an hn an affirmation of th option to continu th atrfall procss ith th scon rciving journal is rciv: transmit on or mor journal rcommnations to 5 th author of th submitt articl for publication, hrin th on or mor journal rcommnations compris on or mor potntial rciving journals that contain articls having a high similarity ith th atrfall articl, an 55 rciv a scon input from th author of th submitt articl for publication comprising a slction of th scon rciving journal an forar th atrfall articl to th scon slct journal. 2. Th journal rcommnation systm of claim 1, hrin on or mor of sai itorial computrs slct on or mor submitt articls an procss th slct articls as a group ith shar proprtis. 3. Th onlin journal rcommnation systm of claim 2, 65 hrin on or mor of sai itorial computrs crat a group tmplat for th slct articls Th onlin journal rcommnation systm of claim 1, hrin sai on or mor program controll ata procssors ar furthr configur to convrt on or mor submitt articls to a Common Raabl Format. 5. Th onlin journal rcommnation systm of claim 4, hrin sai Common Raabl Format is Hyprtxt Markup Languag or Extnsibl Markup Languag. 6. Th onlin journal rcommnation systm of claim 1, hrin on or mor of th itorial computrs automatilo cally assigns itors accoring to ruls an sttings of th journal rcommnation systm Th onlin journal rcommnation systm of claim 1, hrin on or mor of th itorial computrs sarch for rvirs by taking into account th author's prfrr rvirs. 8. Th onlin journal rcommnation systm of claim 1, hrin annotations to th author-submitt articl ar ma in th author-submitt articl. 9. A mtho of rcommning an onlin journal, th mtho comprising: rciving, by on or mor itorial computrs connct to a multi-no ntork, an author-submitt articl for publication via sai multi-no ntork; accssing, by th on or mor itorial computrs, journal atabas rcors, hrin sai atabas rcors inclu information associat ith prviously submitt articls an corrsponing author usr profils; crating, by th on or mor itorial computrs, a first fingrprint of a plurality of publish articls in a particular journal from th journal atabas rcors; crating, by th on or mor itorial computrs, a scon fingrprint of th author-submitt articl; comparing, by th on or mor itorial computrs, th first fingrprint ith th scon fingrprint to trmin hthr th particular journal has articls ith a high similarity to th author-submitt articl; rcommning, by th on or mor itorial computrs, th particular journal to th author as a potntial journal for submission of th author-submitt articl hn th particular journal has publish articls hich hav a high similarity; an hn th author-submitt articl is rjct from th particular journal: rciving, by th on or mor itorial computrs, a first input, from th author of th submitt articl for publication, comprising a rqust to initiat a atrfall procss for th rjct author-submitt articl, proviing, by th on or mor itorial computrs, a first notification of th first input to a rciving journal vic, rciving, by th on or mor itorial computrs, a confirmation to proc from th rciving journal vic, transforming, by th on or mor itorial computrs, th rjct author-submitt articl into a atrfall articl, transmitting, by th on or mor itorial computrs, ata comprising a submission to th rciving journal vic, hrin th submission compriss th atrfall articl an mtaata, rciving, by th on or mor itorial computrs, a transmission from th rciving journal vic, hrin th transmission compriss a rjction of th submission an an option to continu th atrfall procss ith a scon rciving journal, an

21 US 9,43,468 B2 17 hn an affirmation of th option to continu th atrfall procss ith th scon rciving journal is rciv: transmitting, by th on or mor itorial computrs, on or mor journal rcommnations to th author of th submitt articl for publication, hrin th on or mor journal rcommnations compris on or mor potntial rciving journals that contain articls having a high similarity ith th atrfall articl, an rciving, by th on or mor itorial computrs, a 1 scon input from th author of th submitt articl for publication comprising a slction of th scon rciving journal an forar th atrfall articl to th scon slct journal. 1. Th mtho of claim 9, furthr comprising slcting, 15 by th on or mor itorial computrs, on or mor submitt articls an procssing, by th on or mor itorial computrs, th slct articls as a group ith shar proprtis Th mtho of claim 1, furthr comprising crating, by th on or mor itorial computrs, a group tmplat for th slct articls. 12. Th mtho of claim 9, convrting, by th on or mor itorial computrs, on or mor submitt articls to a Common Raabl Format. 13. Th mtho of claim 12, hrin sai Common Raabl Format is Hyprtxt Markup Languag or Extnsibl Markup Languag. 14. Th mtho of claim 9, furthr comprising automatically assigning, by th on or mor itorial computrs, itors accoring to ruls an sttings. 15. Th mtho of claim 9, furthr comprising sarching, by th on or mor itorial computrs, for rvirs by taking into account th author's prfrr rvirs. 16. Th mtho of claim 9, hrin annotations to th author-submitt articl ar ma in th author-submitt articl. * * * * *