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Can a submission be reassigned to a different editor?

April 26, 2017different editor reassigned submission

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Can a submission be reassigned to a different editor?

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Yes. This is a permission granted in ‘role manager’ and is configurable by the journal. If a journal allows certain editors to assign other (more appropriate) editors to papers, then the ‘assign editor’ permission must be checked off in the relevant editor’s ‘role manager’ permissions list.