CHAIR HOW-TO: Enable Submissions

OVERVIEW

Enabling submission activities is the beginning of the conference workflow, after administering users and roles. This allows authors to upload papers for review later.

Note

This tutorial is for a Single-Track conference.
Multi-Track conferences work the same way, only the Track needs to be selected before any settings can take place.

SUBMISSIONS SECTION

  • From the ‘Settings’ tab, select ‘Features>Submission.’

Enable Submissions

WELCOME MESSAGE

It is here you have the option to put in a greeting or instructions for all Authors.

  • Enter the Welcome/Instruction message if any. There is a 4000-character limit.
Note

The Welcome Message and Instructions field is the only field that can accept HTML. No other field in the Submission Settings or Submission Form can accept HTML.
If you have external links they can be entered here.

Enable Submissions

Note

The links are only visible as links in the Author Console or the Submission Form (when enabled).

GENERAL SETTINGS

Select if you want all Authors (or only the Primary Author) to be able to delete the submission, or leave it blank if you do not want Authors to have that permission.

Enable Submissions

ABSTRACT

Select if you want Authors to enter an abstract for the paper and if it is required. The character range is 1000 to 9000.

Enable Submissions

SUBMISSION FILE

SUBMISSION FILE MINIMUM SET TO ZERO

Here you set the maximum and minimum number of files allowed to be submitted.
If you set the minimum number of files as zero with the maximum number >0, the Author can elect to upload a file or not.
The file size can be up to 100MB, File extensions (comma separated) can be uploaded and may include, pdf, docx, pptx, etc.

Note

CMT will allow video files. Just add the video file extension, e.g mp4, to the 'File formats (comma separated)' field. Also, increase the 'Maximum file size not exceeed' to cover the size of the video.

Enable Submissions

SUBMISSION FILE MINIMUM SET TO ONE

If you set the minimum number of files as zero with the maximum number >0, the Authors will still be able to save their submission as a draft without uploading a file.

Enable Submissions

The Author Console will show a bold read note saying ‘Submission file not uploaded’.

Enable Submissions

Important

This same behavior applies to Supplementary Material.

SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL

Note

Submission files must be uploaded before authors can see the link to submit supplementary material.

Chairs may option to request authors to upload supplementary material to supplement the paper file, such as:

  • Images or videos to demonstrate results of the proposed approach.
  • Technical reports, extended proofs or mathematical derivations that would help reviewers understand submitted papers better.

In CMT, supplementary material is managed separately from papers. It has its own activity.

It can be submitted at the same time as submission files or after submission deadline to give author additional time to prepare.

Supplementary material can have different size limit, file type and number of files from submission files.

Supplementary material will be included in the files when Reviewers or Meta-Reviewers download assigned papers.

  • Select the checkbox to "Allow submission of supplementary material.”
  • Configure supplementary material file types and size limits.
Note

CMT will allow video files in supplementary materials. Just add the video file extension, e.g mp4, to the 'File formats (comma separated)' field. Also, increase the 'Maximum file size not exceeed' to cover the size of the video.

Enable Submissions

REVISION FILE

Related: Manage Revision

SUBJECT AREA

Related: Manage Subject Areas

DESK REJECT

  • Check ‘Allows authors to see status and reviewing data’ if Authors are to see the ‘Desk Reject’ status of their paper.

Enable Submissions

WITHDRAW

For Authors who withdraw their papers, there are a couple of options.

  • To let Authors withdraw papers after the deadline has passed, check the box next to 'Allow authors to withdraw paper after submission deadline.'
  • If Authors are to see the Reviews of the withdrawn paper, check ‘Allows authors to see the reviewing data of withdrawn paper.’

Enable Submissions

OTHER

  • Check 'Allow only primary contact author to delete paper' to disallow co-authors from deleting the paper.

  • Check to 'Do not allow editing authors' to disallow authors from editing co-authors after submission.

  • Check to show the Welcome/Instruction message on both Author Console and Submission Form.

Enable Submissions

Note

Save your changes before you navigate away from this page or the settings will be lost.

DEADLINES

PAPER SUBMISSION AND EDIT SUBMISSION

Note

If you have a status of enabled with a future date, then that activity will be enabled until that date.
After the Deadline, it will no longer be enabled, even if the status says enabled.

It is here you would enable the Paper and Edit activities.

  • From the Chair Console go to the ‘Settings’ tab, select ‘Activity TimeLine>Deadline.’ Enable Paper Submission and Edit Submission with proper future dates.
    Enabling ‘Supplementary Material’ is optional.

Enable Submissions

  • Click 'Save changes.'

Enable Submissions

Note

Edit Submission must be enabled with Paper Submission or an error will occur.
Additionally, if the 'Paper Submission' activity expires before the 'Edit Submission' activity deadline, authors will not be able to submit new papers, but they can still edit the ones that have already been submitted (up until the Edit Submission deadline).

SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL SUBMISSION

  • Enable the "Supplementary Material" Activity Status and set a proper Deadline.

Enable Submissions