Log in to access the dashboard for your journal.

1. Go to Issues >> Future Issues, and select Create Issue.
2. Enter metadata for the issue following the standard for your journal.
3. Upload a cover image for the issue, if desired.
4. Click Save.

Go to Issues >> Future Issues for unpublished issues or Issues >> Back Issues for published issues, click the arrow to expand the menu, and select Edit. 

• Tip! Metadata and galleys for a published issue may be updated without setting the issue to “unpublished.”

1. To reorder contents:

   1. Select the Table of Contents tab.

   2. Click Order at the top.

   3. Drag and drop the section header to rearrange the sections; drag and drop submission titles to rearrange contents within each section.

   4. When finished, click Done.

2. To edit the issue metadata, including alt text for the cover image, OR to update the issue cover image:

   1. Select the Issue Data tab.

   2. Update the metadata or cover image following the standard for your journal.

   3. Click Save.

3. To add a DOI for the issue:

   1. Select the Identifiers tab.

   2. Add the intended DOI following the standard for your journal.

   3. Click Save.

4. To add an Issue Galley (a PDF or other file for the full issue):

   1. Select the Issue Galleys tab.

   2. Click Create Issue Galley.

   3. Upload the desired galley file.

   4. Complete the galley metadata following the standard for your journal. 

      • Note that the Galley Label will appear as the text on the button users click to access the galley file. “PDF” or other similar indication of the file format, as appropriate, is recommended.

   5. Click Save.

1. To change the order of sections and submissions, see Editing an Issue (above), step 2.

2. To preview the issue prior to publishing, go to Issues >> Future Issues, click the arrow to expand the menu, and select Preview.  

   • This view shows the issue exactly as it will appear once published, but is only available to authorized, logged-in journal managers and editors. All article landing pages and galley files should open and display as expected.

   • Correct any issues you find during the preview according to the instructions for Editing an Issue and Editing a Submission.

3. When ready to publish the issue, go to Issues >> Future Issues, click the arrow to expand the menu, and select Publish Issue. 

Your issue is now published!

A newly published issue will be automatically set as the Current Issue and will be displayed on the journal homepage (unless configured otherwise in your journal settings). To change this and make a different issue the Current Issue, go to Issues >> Back Issues, locate the intended Current Issue, click the arrow to expand the menu, and select Current Issue.