Editors’ tools

BioMed Central Editors’ tools provide you with a customised system for managing all stages of the
peer review process from submission to publication. Here we provide you with user guides and videos
to help you get the best out of our systems.

Quick start guide
This guide provides a basic introduction to the tools to help new Editors get started.

General guide
This comprehensive guide provides full details on all aspects of the tools from a step-by-step overview of inviting reviewers and making decisions, to additional tasks such as moderating comments.

Contact search
Instructions on using contact search functionality which provides you with a searchable database of
journal specific contacts.

Video Tutorials

  1. How to register
  2. Accessing the Editors’ tools
  3. Handling new submissions
  4. Managing peer reviewers
  5. Making decisions
  6. Using contact search