pyEditorialManager

Python interface for the Aries Editorial Manager journal submission system at https://www.editorialmanager.com.

Currently supported:

• Main menu: Reading of number of submissions per category (e.g. "Submissions being processed")
• Pending submissions: Dates & status of pending submissions (e.g. "under review")
• Completed submissions: Dates & status of completed submissions (e.g. "accepted")

Not (yet) supported:

• Creation of new submissions
• Modification of existing submissions

Requirements

• beautifulsoup
• pandas
• html5lib (because the responses of the editorialmanager are malformed HTML, the python html parser from beautifulsoup cannot be used)

Installation

pip install editorialmanager

Usage

from editorialmanager import Journal

# instantiate the journal by using the abbreviation that is used by editorialmanager
# For example: The journal "Critical Care" has the EditorialManager URL https://www.editorialmanager.com/cric/
#   Therefore, the journal name to use here is "cric"
cric = Journal('cric', username='my-username', password='my-password')

# Get the overview of submissions per type/category from the main menu
cric.overview()
# Returns:
'''
|    | name                                      |   count | type            |
|---:|:------------------------------------------|--------:|:----------------|
|  0 | Submissions Sent Back to Author           |       0 | New Submissions |
|  1 | Incomplete Submissions                    |       0 | New Submissions |
|  2 | Submissions Waiting for Author's Approval |       0 | New Submissions |
|  3 | Submissions Being Processed               |       1 | New Submissions |
|  4 | Submissions Needing Revision              |       0 | Revisions       |
|  5 | Revisions Sent Back to Author             |       0 | Revisions       |
|  6 | Incomplete Submissions Being Revised      |       0 | Revisions       |
|  7 | Revisions Waiting for Author's Approval   |       0 | Revisions       |
|  8 | Revisions Being Processed                 |       0 | Revisions       |
|  9 | Declined Revisions                        |       0 | Revisions       |
| 10 | Submissions with a Decision               |       1 | Completed       |
| 11 | Submissions with Production Completed     |       0 | Completed       |
'''

# Get information about currently pending submissions
cric.pending_submissions()
# Returns:
'''
|    | Manuscript Number   | Title              | Initial Date Submitted   | Status Date         | Current Status   |
|---:|:--------------------|:-------------------|:-------------------------|:--------------------|:-----------------|
|  0 | CRIC-x-xx-xxxx   x  | <Manuscript title> | 2020-12-02 00:00:00      | 2020-12-03 00:00:00 | Editor Invited   |
'''

# Get information about completed submissions
cric.completed_submissions()
# Returns:
'''
|    | Manuscript Number   | Title              | Initial Date Submitted   | Status Date         | Current Status        | Date Final Disposition Set   | Final Disposition   |
|---:|:--------------------|:-------------------|:-------------------------|:--------------------|:----------------------|:-----------------------------|:--------------------|
|  0 | CRIC-x-xx-xxxxx     | <Manuscript title> | 2016-07-03 00:00:00      | 2016-07-19 00:00:00 | Final Decision Reject | 2016-07-19 00:00:00          | Accept              |
'''

Notes

The actual displayed columns from pending and completed submissions are specified by each journal independently and different columns maybe included or missing depending on the journal.

Author

Gregor Lichtner - @glichtner