Suggest/Oppose Reviewers

Authors may suggest preferred Reviewers for their submission, or to identify Reviewers who Authors would prefer not review the submission.

Two Submission Steps (configurable by Article Type) can be displayed on the Submit Manuscript interface:

1)     Suggest Reviewers

2)     Oppose Reviewers

The publication specifies (on the new ‘Select Author’s Reviewer Preferences’ page) the required fields if the Author is entering a suggested or opposed Reviewer.  The journal indicates (on the ‘Edit Article Type’ page) the minimum number of Suggested Reviewers the Author must enter.

Authors are able to enter Reviewer names, as well as contact information and reasons why the person is being cited, when submitting a new or revised manuscript (according to PolicyManager configuration).  This information can be entered in a similar fashion to the existing ‘Add/Edit/Remove Authors’ submission step.