Select from Previous Reviewers Mode

This enhancement facilitates the reassignment of the same Reviewer(s) to a new revision of a manuscript.  However, it does not automatically perform the assignment of those Reviewers.

 

EM will display the previously assigned Reviewers on the ‘Select Reviewer’ screens, so that the Assigning Editor is aware of the people who have already participated in the peer review process.  The Assigning Editor can then make an informed Decision regarding whether or not the same Reviewers should be reassigned.

 

Reviewer selection screens display information indicating whether a person has already reviewed the manuscript.  The exact syntax is as follows: ‘This person reviewed the previous version as Reviewer X’, where X is the order in which the Reviewers were assigned.  Only the Reviewers from the most recent version are displayed.

 

Note:  It is possible to include Previous Reviewers’ comments from prior versions of the manuscript in the invitation letter (see ‘Reviewer Comments can be sent to Other Reviewers’ section)

 

Note:  If the Respond to Reviewers submission step is enabled, the Editors will have access to the Author’s responses to Reviewers on the ‘View Reviews and Comments’ page (and on the ‘Submit Editor’s Decision and Comments’ page).  This information could be useful to Editors when deciding if a submission should be sent back to previously assigned Reviewers