How do I invite a peer reviewer to a manuscript?
Inviting existing reviewers
Once you have evaluated a submission and decided to send it out for review, you can invite reviewers in the ‘Reviewers’ section of the ‘Review’ tab. Any reviewers that have already been invited in this round of review and their current status will also be visible here.
By clicking ‘Add Reviewer’, this will bring up the list of possible users who can be invited as reviewers. You have the option of searching for specific reviewers by name or research interest, or adding filters to help reduce the list. By clicking on the arrow next to ‘Select Reviewer’, you can view details specific to that reviewer such as past history as reviewer for the journal.
Once you have found the reviewer you would like to invite, click ‘Select Reviewer’, this will then open the invitation template which you can edit as needed. If you have selected the wrong reviewer, then you can change this choice by clicking on ‘Change’ next to the reviewer name.
You can also edit the ‘Response Due Date’ and the ‘Review Due Date’ as needed by clicking on the dates shown below the text box. As well as this, you can choose which of the files uploaded by the author and shown in the ‘Review Files’ are sent out for review by clicking on ‘Files To Be Reviewed’.
Once you are ready to send out the review invitation and are happy with the dates and review files, then click ‘Add Reviewer’.
The new reviewer will now appear in the ‘Reviewer’ section of the ‘Review’ tab.
Creating a new reviewer account
If the peer reviewer you wish to invite is not already in the journal database then their name will not appear in the existing list of potential reviewers. In order to invite them to the review task you will need to scroll to the bottom of the Add Reviewer form, where there are three buttons.
To add a new user, click the Create New Reviewer button. This will create a form for you to add their name and contact details, as well as the above-mentioned email template and due dates.
When you are happy that the new reviewer’s details have been added and the invitation is as you wish it to be, click the Add Reviewer button at the bottom of the form.