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Managing invited referees


Once a referee has been invited to review an article, it is listed in the referee module for this version.

The module keeps track of the status of each referee and proposes relevant actions to manage them:


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Here is the detail of each action:



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Remind the referee manually, the letter template content will adapt depending on the referee status


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Cancel invitation if you no longer need this referee


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Acknowledge cancellation of the referee (if received outside of the system)


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Acknowledge promised report from the referee (if received outside of the system)


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 Register a report manually (if received outside of the system)


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 Reinvite a canceled referee



You may cancel several invited referees at once using this button:

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When no referee has yet promised a report, the article will stay ‘In search of referee’ status.

Once referees accept the invitations, the status will switch to ‘Peer-review in progress’.

Once you gather the number of expected reports, the status to ‘Waiting editorial decision’.

 

Automated reminders to referees can be configured and you can see the number of reminders already sent and the date of the last one.