features

CONTROL

The DocLab structure provides editors and reviewers maximum control over their current work status, with pending tasks and required actions.

SECURITY

Different profiles enforce full confidentiality. Built-in safeguards ensure impartiality and fairness across all stages of the review process.

SIMPLICITY

An efficient article management system simplifies the editorial team workflow, focusing on editors and improving reviewers' time management.

DASHBOARD
MANUSCRIPT VIEW MODES
NOTIFICATIONS
STATISTICS

The dashboard provides a simplified and comprehensive status summary of manuscripts, clearly grouped by user profile.

Coloured blocks provide quick links to manuscripts by status, optimizing access to manuscripts that require different types of attention.

The dashboard provides a simplified and comprehensive status summary of manuscripts, clearly grouped by user profile.

Coloured blocks provide quick links to manuscripts by status, optimizing access to manuscripts that require different types of attention.

Editors can toggle between a block or compact list view, according to what better suits the current workflow. The use of colour-coded status indicators facilitates intuitive sorting and management.

The peer-review process is tracked by email notifications, to keep everyone informed of all milestones. Customizable email notifications include reminders of review invitations or submissions, as well as rejection, acceptance and publication announcements.

A statistics section is available exclusively to the chief editor, tracking how long the reviewers are taking in their assessments, the ratio of approved and rejected manuscripts, and on how many manuscripts have associate editors worked.

profiles

Author

The author submits manuscripts for review, with access to an overview of their history, feedback and messages. Authors can only message the editor.

Editor

The chief editor is accountable for the peer-review process, while having the ability to act as a reviewer, or assign reviewers as associate editors for specific manuscripts. As editorial manager, the chief editor makes the final decisions regarding all submitted manuscripts.

Technical Editor

The peer-review process begins with technical evaluation: the technical editor determines if submission requirements are met. Once accepted by the chief editor, the manuscript can be made available “Online First” by the technical editor. It can later be included in an indexed publication.

Associate Editor

The associate editor is a reviewer, invited by the chief editor to act as interim editor, for a given manuscript. The associate editor manages reviewer invitations, reviews, and feedback to the chief editor. All required editorial tools become available to the associate editor.

Reviewer

The reviewer is invited by the editor to examine a manuscript and provide structured feedback.The manuscript can be read directly on DocLab, downloaded as a zip file, or opened in Google Drive. Reviewers can only message the editors, and have no access to author identities.

profiles

DocLab provides five different types of profiles. These determine the sections and actions a user has access to, such as: accepting a manuscript, performing a review, or communicating with specific parties along the review process.

Author

The author submits manuscripts for review, with access to an overview of their history, feedback and messages. Authors can only message the editor.
Editor

The chief editor is accountable for the peer-review process, while having the ability to act as a reviewer, or assign reviewers as associate editors for specific manuscripts. As editorial manager, the chief editor makes the final decisions regarding all submitted manuscripts.
Technical Editor

The peer-review process begins with technical evaluation: the technical editor determines if submission requirements are met. Once accepted by the chief editor, the manuscript can be made available “Online First” by the technical editor. It can later be included in an indexed publication.
Associate Editor

The associate editor is a reviewer, invited by the chief editor to act as interim editor, for a given manuscript. The associate editor manages reviewer invitations, reviews, and feedback to the chief editor. All required editorial tools become available to the associate editor.
Reviewer

The reviewer is invited by the editor to examine a manuscript and provide structured feedback.The manuscript can be read directly on DocLab, downloaded as a zip file, or opened in Google Drive. Reviewers can only message the editors, and have no access to author identities.

LIFECYCLE OF AN ARTICLE

After a submitted manuscript is technically approved, it is sent to reviewers for evaluation and feedback. Once this peer-review process is completed, the result is emailed to the author. If changes are required, the author can submit a new version for review, until the editorial team is satisfied with the result.

Accepted manuscripts can be made immediately available through the publication's digital archive, and submitted to a citation index or bibliographic databases, such as PubMed.

Approved articles may also be selected for indexed publication. DocLab offers the necessary tools to create a publication within the platform, combining all resources needed by the editorial team.

FEATURED PROJECT

The Portuguese Society of Rheumatology uses DocLab to manage the review of scientific writing by health professionals, published in the “Acta Reumatológica Portuguesa”. DocLab provided an innovative service, optimizing processes and streamlining information.

Revista Portuguesa de Endocrinologia, Diabetes e Metabolismo is the official journal of the Portuguese Society of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and publishes articles in Portuguese (European) and/or English.

Sinapse is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes articles on all or related Neurology topics. It is the official scientific body of the Portuguese Society of Neurology, an important institution for the study and investigation of neurological diseases and the development of Neurology.

SUBMIT + REVIEW + PUBLISH

features

CONTROL

SECURITY

SIMPLICITY