Reviewers

A review helps the editors decide and helps the authors improve their work. Anyone can be invited to review. You can also offer: tick Available to review in Your profile, and editors of any conference or journal can invite you.

Your path

Step	What happens	Page
1	An editor assigns you a submission. You are told by email and by an alert.
2	Open it from Reviews, read it, score it and write your comments.	Complete a review
3	Send the review. The editors decide when the reviews are in.
4	If the authors revise, you are asked to look again.	Later rounds

Write a good reviewWhat editors and authors need from you, with wording that helps.

Decline, and conflicts of interestWhen to say no, and how.

What the authors see, and when

Part of your review	Who sees it	When
Scores and your notes on them	Authors and editors	After the editors decide the round
Comments to the authors	Authors and editors	After the editors decide the round
Recommendation	Authors and editors	After the editors decide the round
Notes you attach to passages	Authors and editors	After the editors decide the round
Comments to the editors	Editors only	Never shown to authors
Confidence	Editors only	Never shown to authors
Your name	Editors. Authors only when the call reviews in the open.

What you see of the authors

On a call that reviews without names, the authors’ names, affiliations, contributions, funding and acknowledgments are kept from you. The page says so at the top of the submission.

Your reviewing record

Your profile counts the reviews you have completed. Only you can see it, unless you choose to show it on your public profile. It never names what you reviewed.