How to Select a Coauthor to Act as the Corresponding Author in PLOS Editorial Manager

This video shows PLOS authors how to select a coauthor to act as the corresponding author on a manuscript in Editorial Manager (EM).

==INSTRUCTIONS==

The corresponding author should be a coauthor who is willing to do all of the communication with the journal office prior to publication. It is important to note that the corresponding author for the editorial process does not have to be the same author who plans to receive correspondence after publication.

To choose your corresponding author start on your author main menu. Navigate to the paper you're working on. Click "Edit Submission" from the "Action Links" menu and go to "Add/Edit/Remove Authors."

Click the "Edit" link next to the name of the person who you want to list. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Please select if this is the corresponding author." Then click submit.

Now, if you've already selected another corresponding author and want to switch this role to a new coauthor you will first need to be sure that the intended corresponding author already has an account in Editorial Manager. The system will prompt you to enter his or her username. Then just click "Continue."

==USEFUL LINKS==

To update the coauthor name, visit the submissions system for the appropriate journal.

PLOS ONE: editorialmanager.com/pone/default.aspx
PLOS Medicine: editorialmanager.com/pmedicine/default.aspx
PLOS Pathogens: editorialmanager.com/ppathogens/default.aspx
PLOS NTDs: editorialmanager.com/pntd/default.aspx
PLOS Computational Biology: editorialmanager.com/pcompbiol/default.aspx
PLOS Genetics: editorialmanager.com/pgenetics/default.aspx

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