The Journal Manager is able to create different sections within the journal in Journal Sections, under Journal Management. A journal might typically include such sections as Articles, Book Reviews, Research Notes, Clinical Applications, Commentary, Editorial, etc. On setting up a Section for the journal, the Journal Manager is able to specify Section Editors who will be assigned to see through the editorial process those submissions that have been submitted to the Section. (The Editor assigns submissions in the Unassigned submissions queue to one of the designated Section Editors as part of the Editorial Process). Sections may be presented in different formats or layout design within the journal. The Table of Contents, which the Editor arranges for each issue, will be divided into the Sections that have been created, although if there is no content for a particular Section in a given issue, the Section will not appear in the Table of Contents.

Creating a Section policy. In setting up a Section, the Journal Manager should enter a brief Policy Statement for the Section, which will be made available to authors and readers in About the Journal under Section Policies. The statement should describe the scope of the Section and type of submissions sought. It should include information on whether submissions to the section are peer reviewed and indexed, whether the Section is open or restricted to invited work (or to Editors), the desired length for the articles, etc.

Indexing the contents of a Section. Items in a section should be indexed if they contribute to the literature (which is not the case, for example, with a section devoted to conference announcements or job notices). The indexing option will enable authors to enter the relevant metadata for indexing the items which they submit. The metadata will be made available to research search engines that adhere to the Open Archives Initiative Metadata Harvesting Protocol and to other indexing services once the item has been published. Items in Sections that are indexed will also have their authors added to the Author List on the Search page and will be accompanied by the Reading Tools selected by the Journal Manager for this journal.

Restricting the contents of a Section. The Restrictions box should be checked for Sections of the journal (such as Editorials or Interviews) that are not open to author submissions in an unrestricted way. Restricted submissions must come from the editors or are invited. Such a section can only be submitted to by authors who are also registered as Editors or Section Editors.