The drop-down list of article components seems quite unusual, which could be just because of my field. Those components don’t seem to be the logical elements of a scientific research article. It is quite confusing to many authors. An article submission usually consists following files if not in lumped file:
cover letter or note to editor
Highlights (not always)
manuscript
Figures
Tables
Supplementary information
The ability to change the order of the components is desirable. Then all these components will be assembled into a PDF for authors to approve. Of course, we can ask authors to embed all components in one document. Is there a way to change the labeling of those components and delete some components?
You’ve marked these as Dependent – that means that they’ll only be available for upload e.g. as dependencies for an HTML document. I’d suggest unchecking that box.
Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team
You could eventually use the Submission Library (in the upper right corner on the submission page) for that and let the author know where to find the template.