Evaluating Author Role in Online Submission and Peer Review Systems of Iranian Medical Journals: Introducing an Author Functionality Checklist

BackgroundVarious web-based online submission systems have appeared since the late 1990s, and significant numbers of journals, especially in science and particularly in the biomedical sciences, have moved away from their old paper-based systems to the web-based ones. Exploring the main features of these online systems might lead to better understand this move. This study was performed to examine the features and capabilities of online submissions and peer review systems, with focus on the Author Role, which have been currently using by Iranian, approved medical and biomedical journals.