When the paper's Editor recommends an action and enters comments for the author into the system, the system waits for you to review these actions.  No acceptance, acceptance pending, or rejection takes place until you or another Editor-in-Chief review the recommendation and the letter.


Review the comments to be sure that the editor used the appropriate template.


Except in rare cases, the development portion of comments should have been pasted into the appropriate template.  The system does allow the Editor to upload a file.  This option should be used rarely and only when development letter cannot be properly copied and pasted.

The upload option works best for PDF files, but also for DOCx files.  You will need to test to verify that the files are readable.


If all is well, you can approve the comments and recommendation to make your decision.  If you approve the editor's action, the system will email all.


Or, you may choose to have the system send the recommendation and letter back to the editor to re-do.


Or, you can enter your own letter or decision.  Just keep in mind that your actions are not reviewed by another else.