Finding/creating a referee
In the referee module, click on the ‘Invite a referee’ button.
You can search a referee using different criteria: e-mail address, last name, first name, or expertise fields if the journal uses them. For any search, please type in at least 2 letters and the system will display the relevant propositions. You may switch to classic search to use wild cards and filter referees precisely.
For each referee found, the system displays his/her activity. If you click on the link or on the user logo you will get more information. For confidential reasons, you are not allowed to access the papers that you were not put in charge of.
If the referee you’re looking for is not registered in the system, you can add and invite them with the link ‘add a new referee’.
When you have chosen the referee, click on the ‘Invite’ button, this will open the invitation pop-up window, where you can edit the invitation letter, or send it directly.
Uploading my own report on the paper
You can assign yourself as a referee on the paper. In this case, you will receive the usual referee link to upload your referee report, and the author will receive this report grouped with other referee reports.
Instead, please consider submitting an editor report.
The difference between a referee and an editor report is slim: the editor report is identified as such to the author, and is distinguished in the author interface:
