Contributors will have access only to chapters to which they are assigned (see below images for reference). These will appear on the project overview page as well as the Table of Contents. Only one contributor can work in a chapter at any given time. Chapters can be moved forward, backward, and skipped in the workflow.

You will be notified by email if a chapter is ready for you to work on.

Project Overview page:

To send a chapter via the project overview page:

There are two areas on the Project Overview where a contributor can send a chapter in the workflow:

A= via the More Options ellipsis to choose from a full range of stages (see full list of workflow stages below)

B= via the blue arrow, which moves a chapter to the immediate next step in the workflow

Table of Contents:

Sending a Chapter to Yourself

If you need to gain access to a chapter that is currently unavailable to you, you can try sending it to the same stage in the workflow with the “Send to Stage” option from the Project Overview page.

To do this, click on the More Options ellipsis icon, select “Send to Stage” and select the current stage of the chapter in the workflow from the dropdown menu.

Note: you should only complete this step if you have confirmed that no one else is actively working. This action should not result in content loss but private changes may be made public.

To send a chapter to a co-contributor

If you have worked in a chapter and are ready to share it with your co-contributors. You can do this in one of two ways: either select "Exit Chapter"> "Exit and Unlock Chapter" or select "Create Version" to create a read-only version of the chapter and move from "Edit to View" mode.

To send a chapter to an editor, reviewer or Elsevier staff member

Once you and any of your co-contributors have finished working in a chapter and are ready for it be reviewed by the project editor (not an Elsevier staff member) or an external reviewer, you can send the chapter directly from the Write space or from the Project Overview page.

To send via the Write Space, click on the Exit chapter icon to the right of the screen and select "Exit & Send Chapter" from the dropdown menu, then select the desired stage:

Note that if you send a chapter to Staff Review, it must be sent by an Elsevier staff member in order to return it.

• Sending a chapter to a reviewer via Review stage:
  Sending to this stage places it in a bucket for all reviewers to access. If you need to send the chapter to a specific reviewer, we recommend including a note for the specific person in the Comment field when sending the chapter to the Reviews stage. Alternatively, you can send an email from inside Elsa to the person (reviewer 1; reviewer 2) who should pick up the chapter for review.

Chapter Notes and Accessing a Chapter

Filtering Your View

From the project overview page, you can select the Table Filters and View button to filter by missed due date, chapter responsibility, or chapter section. Additionally, you can add or remove columns if you would like to see more or less information under the Show Table Columns section.

Responsible Editor

Your project team may assign a responsible editor to serve as the main point of contact for that chapter however, all editors will be notified if you send a chapter to Initial Editor or Final Editor Review.