New Reviewer Invitations

If you are chosen as a Reviewer for a manuscript, you will need to indicate whether you choose to accept or decline your assignment.  From the Reviewer Main Menu, click ‘New Reviewer Invitations’ to go to a list of your review invitations that you have yet to agree or decline:

You may receive the text of the abstract in your initial e-mail inviting you to review. Depending upon how the Journal Office has configured their invitation process, you may also have access to download the manuscript before you agree to review.

By clicking ‘Agree to Review’, the submission will move from your ‘New Reviewer Invitations’ folder and to your ‘Pending Assignments’ folder, where you can begin the review process.  You will also be given confirmation that you have agreed to review as follows:

Clicking ‘Decline to Review’ will alert the Journal Office that you will not be reviewing the paper.  The system will ask you to give the reason why you are unable to review and will also ask you to suggest other potential Reviewers.

You will also be given confirmation that you have declined to review.