The Info section of the article flyout gives additional information about the article including
This shows you the current ‘state’ of the article.
This shows you a brief summary of the article's history.
Here you can:
View the current stage the article is in
View the current assignee name
View the current assignee’s due date for the stage
Additionally, if your role has sufficient access, you will also see a ‘pencil’ icon near the assignee name and due date.
This enables you to reassign the article to an alternate user or to change the due date for the stage.
This is typically done by managing editors/editorial assistants based on circumstances like editor unavailability, requests for extensions etc.
This serves as a shortcut for multiple features.
Here you can,
View the manuscript
Review history
Assign editor
Invite reviewers
Note: The detailed instructions on how to utilize the above feature is provided in the “Quick actions” document.