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Features & Functionality of ACS Paragon Plus
Core Features of the ACS Paragon Plus Environment
- Provides the valuable functionality of the previous ACS Paragon System
- Provides real-time data
- Adds new functionality as gathered by input from authors and reviewers
- Provides a flexible basis for continued development to offer support and services to authors and reviewers
Keeping It Simple for Authors
- Screen-by-screen instructions
- Status indicators showing progress
- Journal-specific questions, key words, file types, and more
- Author files converted to PDF view on-the-fly
- Status checking for authors
- Visual prompts to create a revision or resubmission
Author Center
- Full text and graphics are uploaded over the Internet.
- Flexible submission file formats are accepted.
- Complete PDF author proofs are produced "on the fly" at end of upload for author approval.
- Consolidated PDF views incorporate the best resolution options for each image into a single PDF version, while minimizing disk storage usage.
- Tex/LaTex file handling can be configured to upload and convert these document types into PDF proofs.
- Author may submit "cover letter" comments.
- Submissions are immediately available for review.
- Automatic e-mail correspondence (acknowledgment, review decision) is generated.
- Manuscript status can be displayed online at any time.
- Author may view and respond to reviewer comments and submit revisions.
Reviewer Center
- Display full text and graphics for online peer review.
- Greater flexibility and control in using reviewer comment forms.
- Fill out journal-specific score sheet with comments to the editor and author.
The ACS Paragon Plus Environment keeps the functionality authors and reviewers value from the ACS Paragon System
| Paragon | Paragon Plus | |
Personalized Web page for each author, providing high-level manuscript status information |
Yes | Yes |
Customized submission environment for each journal, reflecting the needs of specific journals and scientific communities |
Yes | Yes |
Automatic backup of all files, so users can stop at any time and come back later to complete their submissions |
Yes | Yes |
Flexibility to submit using a wide range of supported file formats that meet the unique needs of specific scientific communities |
Yes | Yes |
Online help plus support via phone and email |
Yes | Yes |
| High level of security | Yes | Yes |
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