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IJMTInternational Journal of Music Therapy

Administrators

Administrator guide

Invite and manage editors, and keep journal settings, email templates, policies and the editorial board up to date.
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People and invitations

People lists editors, authors, pending invitations and deactivated accounts. Use the filters to find someone.

TaskHow
Invite an editorChoose Invite an editor, enter their name, email, role, subject area and an optional message. They activate the account themselves.
Resend or cancelUse Resend invite, or Revoke invitation from the row’s menu.
Change a roleChoose editor or editor-in-chief for the person. A place on the public editorial board does not give portal access.
Remove accessReassign their open papers first, then choose Deactivate account from the row’s menu. Reactivate account restores access.
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People: editors, authors and invitations.

Journal settings

Open Journal settings, change a section and choose Save settings.

SectionWhat it controls
Journal detailsName, abbreviation, ISSN, publisher, licence, website and the editor-in-chief’s display name.
Submission rulesWhether new submissions are open, call for papers and deadline, abstract, keyword and file limits, and reference style.
Review targetsTarget days for each stage, reports needed before a recommendation, similarity threshold and revision period.
Contact detailsOffice email, WhatsApp number and postal address shown on the site.

Email templates and editorial board

In Email templates, choose a template, edit the subject and body using the placeholders offered, check the preview and save. Keep the placeholders and links the template needs.

In Editorial board, keep the public list of board members, their order and photos up to date, then check the editorial board page.

Policies

The Privacy policy, Publication terms and Accessibility statement are edited in Policies. Paste the wording IAMT has approved, save, preview, then choose Approve and publish….

  • Start a line with ## for a heading and - for a list item. Leave a blank line between paragraphs.
  • Approval is blocked while draft markers such as “DRAFT FOR IAMT REVIEW” remain in the text.
  • Each approval is saved as a dated version, and new authors are recorded against the version they agreed to.
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A draft policy cannot be approved until IAMT has reviewed it.

Mail queue and activity log

Mail queue shows workflow emails (decisions, reviewer links, issue alerts) as Waiting, Gave up or Sent. For a failed email, read the error, fix the cause, then choose Retry. Delivery is retried automatically up to eight times.

Activity log shows who changed what and when. Note the manuscript ID and time when you report a problem.