# Contact a suggested referee

<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In the referee module, click on the ‘Invite a referee’ button.</span>

[![image.png](https://doc.nestor-edp.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/scaled-1680-/E7DJbaG9I72DqUlZ-image.png)](https://doc.nestor-edp.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/E7DJbaG9I72DqUlZ-image.png)

<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-no-proof: yes;">If the journal requests this information during submission,</span> y<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-no-proof: yes;">ou will have the possibility to invite the referee(s) suggested by the author.</span>

[![image.png](https://doc.nestor-edp.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/scaled-1680-/Rn1SrxuLecc0RRKe-image.png)](https://doc.nestor-edp.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/Rn1SrxuLecc0RRKe-image.png)

<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-no-proof: yes;">Declined referees can also suggest their own colleagues to help you find an appropriate expert:</span>

[![image.png](https://doc.nestor-edp.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/scaled-1680-/QHXKAd4kKHwnIMOE-image.png)](https://doc.nestor-edp.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/QHXKAd4kKHwnIMOE-image.png)

In any case, Nestor will check and inform you

- if the suggested referee is absent in the data base (in which case you will need to create the referee)
- or if the suggested referee has already been contacted to review the paper