3. Final steps and release of online preprint

Once the copy editing pass is complete, the AEiC/D adds tags to the article and notifies the EiC that the article is ready for final review before publication. Once they approve the article to go to publication, the AEiC/D notifies the authors to press the green "Publish" button to make the document public and mint a preprint DOI. The AEiC/D will accept the article into the CiSE magazine Authorea collection and notify the IEEE Publications staff that the article is ready to go to press, providing them with the published URL. Note that there can be a delay of up to 24 hours between when the article is "Published" in Authorea and the DOI completes and the article is publicly visible; during this time IEEE Publications staff will not be able to access the article.