REVIEW PROCESS

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Starting your review

When you have agreed to review a submission, you will find the manuscript in the folder ‘Pending assignments’:

To proceed with your review, you can download the pdf and save it on your computer.

Editors, Reviewers and Authors may view any version of a submission when they click on the View Submission link. The View Submission link will open up a window from which the user may select which version of the submission they would like to view. For example, when a submission has been through one or more revisions, the user can access the initial submission, and each subsequent revision. If there is only one version of the PDF, then that version will open immediately, bypassing the window. 

Similar articles in MEDLINE

You may search the Medline database to view articles which may be similar to a particular manuscript. Clicking this link displays a new browser window featuring the Knowledge Finder® MEDLINE search engine

Completing the Review Form

When you are ready to submit your recommendation, click ‘Submit Recommendation’. This will bring you to the ‘Reviewer Recommendation and Comments’ screen.  Specific Reviewer’s instructions are available at the top of the Recommendation form.

Choose your recommendation term (Accept, Reject, Revise, etc.) by using the pull-down menu at the top of the form.

If the Journal uses Rating questions, you are required to evaluate elements in the submission using ‘points’, where 1 is excellent and 5 is poor.

Enter comments to the Author and Editor

Enter your review comments to the Author and Editor in the fields provided. Many reviewers type their comments into Word in order to use spell-check and other features, and then ‘copy’ and ‘paste’ the comments into the boxes provided. Clicking the ‘Open in New Window’ button at the top right of the data entry fields will open the field in a new browser window. This provides you with a larger view of the review field, which may make things simpler.

Click the ‘Save & Submit Later’ button if you want to save your comments and continue working at another time.

Submitting your Review

When you have completed your review click ‘Submit Now’ to proceed. This will bring up a screen that shows you the body of your review for you to proofread before sending it to the Journal office. If you need to make further changes, click ‘Edit Review’. If you are satisfied with your review, click ‘Submit Review to Journal Office’.

Click ‘OK’ to submit your review or ‘Cancel’ to make further changes.

Once your review has been submitted successfully to the Journal office you will receive a message thanking you for your review and a button will take you back to your main menu.