Journal Manager features include the following:

• Accepts manuscript submission in formats specified by the editor. Links file to demographic information on the authors as the individual journal requires. Authors have the option of submitting confidential comments to the editor in a separate file in editor specified formats.

• Automatically sends an email to authors acknowledging that the submission has been received.

• System includes information that automatically personalizes greetings for reviewers with a personal relationship with the editor(s).

• Maintains reviewer information including areas of expertise, recency of review requests, and reliability of responses to previous requests. Names can be added or removed from the system at any time.

• Administrative portion of the website is secure and accessible only by password. From here, editors may select reviewers and then forward the manuscript along with a customized review request that is sent via email to the selected reviewers. An abstract of the manuscript may be automatically included in the text of the review request email if desired.

• Sorts active manuscripts by author's last name, date received and completed manuscripts by author's last name, decision made and date of decision.

• From the administrative portion of the website, editors may also search for potential reviewers by areas of expertise, past workload, or past performance.

• Reviewers submit reviews via email, and are automatically thanked by email as soon as the review is linked to the Journal Manager by the editorial staff. Data on the reviewer's responsiveness is automatically saved in the database.

• System includes facility for replacing reviewers who do not respond.

• Reviewers with overdue reviews are automatically reminded via email and/or reminded in advance of the due date.

• Allows drafts of decision letters to be stored in the system.

• Allows editors to make comments on specific reviewers or manuscripts that are then stored confidentially in the system.

• From a single page on the website, editors can view the manuscript and all of its reviews, and then indicate what their decision will be. This information is automatically recorded in the system along with the length of the review process and a copy of the decision letter

• For decision letters, an appropriately tailored template is automatically inserted in the decision email and the body of the letter explaining the decision can be inserted by the editors. All text can be tailored to the editor's desires.

• All of the above information is on a secure server that is backed up if it goes down for any reason.

• For authors who are not yet ready to use electronic submission, the journal staff can serve as a proxy for the author in putting the manuscript into the system.

• Allows reports to be generated periodically on journal activity.