REVIEW PROCESS

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Invite reviewers
To invite reviewers, go to the “Invite reviewer” page; you can choose reviewers and alternate reviewers and send an invitation to them. Alternate reviewers are people that you wish to have available in case your first invited reviewers are not available. You can change the number of required reviews, which is set to 2 by the system.

If you do not find your reviewers in the database you can use “Register and Invite New Reviewer”. An email will be sent automatically to the Reviewers and you will receive their reply (accept or decline to review).

Reviewer invitation is not a mandatory step: you can also go to: “Submit Editor’s Decision and Comment”.

 

 

You may select your reviews in alfabetical order or in alternative you can select them according to the classifications set for the manuscript by the Author. Select from the drop down menu the item “Search by classification matches” and click on “go”.

You will then be able to select each of the classifications matched to the manuscript you are handling, and for each classification how many reviewers have selected the same personal classification.

 

 

For all reviewers found in the database you will find a folder showing all the current and past tasks accomplished.

 

 
To invite NEW reviewers

If you do not find your preferred reviewers, you may also

1) register and invite new reviewers. The system allows you to register a new user and at the same time invite him/her as a reviewer for a submission you are handling or
2) request unregistered reviewers to the Editorial Office.

 
Reviews in progress
After the invited reviewers agreed on the review you will find the submission in the folder “Submissions under review”.

 

Reminders
Reminder letters are sent from the Editorial Office for all oustanding invitations, to which reviewers have not replied.

Uninvited reviewers
If an invited reviewer does not respond to the invitation within 10 days (please note that reminders are sent by the Editorial Office) they will automatically be uninvited by the system. In this case, the manuscript will move to the folder “Submissions requiring additional reviewers” from where you can proceed to select and invite new reviewers.