Diagram playground

archlab 1.0 lifecycle

title "A manuscript, from submission to print"

description "One submission, the states it passes through, and every way it can leave"

 

@lifecycle

subject "Manuscript"

desc "One submitted paper, followed from the moment it arrives until it is in print or out of the process."

state submitted "Submitted"

desc "Uploaded and assigned a number. Nobody has read it yet."

state screened "Screened"

desc "An editor has checked scope, formatting and ethics approval."

exit "Desk rejected" ends

when "it is out of scope, or the ethics paperwork is missing and cannot be produced"

desc "Roughly half of everything that arrives leaves here, within a week."

state underReview "Under review"

desc "With two or three reviewers, who have six weeks."

exit "Rejected" ends

when "the reviewers agree the work does not stand up"

exit "Sent back for revision" rejoins submitted

when "the reviewers want changes large enough to need a fresh read"

desc "It goes all the way back to Submitted rather than to Screened: a revised manuscript is screened again, because the changes can move it out of scope."

state accepted "Accepted"

desc "The editor has taken it. Nothing about the content changes after this."

state typeset "Typeset"

exit "Proof corrections needed" rejoins accepted

when "the author finds an error in the proofs"

state published "Published" ends

desc "Assigned a DOI and out. The manuscript stops here."