Information for Associate Editors

The role of the Associate Editor in scholarly publishing is the very important management of the peer review of manuscripts by members of the technical community. Peer review of all papers that appear in transactions is required by IEEE, and papers are selected for publication only on the basis of merit and appropriateness. The Associate Editors are responsible for the consistently high marks our transactions receive from the peer community. By assuring the selection of appropriate reviewers to identify quality manuscripts, and by efficiently managing the peer review process, the quality--and therefore the value--of a publication is increased.

While the manuscripts will be directly submitted to Manuscript Central, and all communication will be electronic, there are interactions that can only be performed by the Associate Editor to foster communication between the Associate Editor and the reviewer, and between the Associate Editor and the author. These communications are the very essence of the Associate Editor function, and represent the value added by each Associate Editor.

Although you may currently be serving as an Associate Editor or reviewer for one or more publications of other IEEE Societies, the procedures set out for the transactions of the IEEE EMBS Society probably will be different. Therefore, we request that you read this entire guide through at least once, to get a sense of the flow, and to understand how you will interact with the staff Publications Office, the reviewers, and the authors in fulfilling the important role of Associate Editor.

Managing the review process in Manuscript Central