Configure Open Peer Review

Some publications use an open peer review workflow, allowing Authors and/or other Reviewers access to Reviewer names and review information.

Reviewer access

When Reviewers are granted permission for open peer review, a Reviewer can see the names and degrees of all Reviewers and has access to all previous reviews of the submission (including completed reviews of the current revision). The Reviewer may also access any Reviewer attachments made available to other Reviewers and the submission's Decision letter. This information is available to the Reviewer immediately after an invitation to review.

The information is available to the Reviewer via links in the following locations (depending on publication configuration):

• New Invitations, Pending Assignments, Completed Assignments folders
• Submit Recommendations and Comments page (Review form)
• View Reviewer Comments pop-up window
• View Individual Reviewer Comments pop-up window

Author access

When Authors are granted permission for open peer review, a link, View Reviewer Comments, appears in the following Author folders:

• Submissions Needing Revision
• Revisions Sent Back to Author
• Incomplete Submissions Being Revised
• Revisions Waiting for Author's Approval
• Revisions Being Processed
• Submissions with a Decision

The link may be made available to Authors either after the first decision or after the final decision on the submission.

In addition, each element of the review form may be individually set to be available (or kept hidden). When made available, custom review questions, manuscript rating questions, and overall manuscript rating can be accessed by the Author from the View Reviewer Comments page, using the Reviewer Decision Term link.

If Reviewer attachments have been set to be available and Authors have permission to view Reviewer names, the View Attachments page displays the Reviewers' names.

To configure:

For Reviewer access, go to RoleManager > Reviewer Role. Grant permissions to the applicable Reviewer roles:

• View Reviews with All Identities Visible (for Open Peer Review)

For Author access, permissions must be granted in RoleManager, and the items to be made available must be set in PolicyManager.

Go to RoleManager > Author Role. Grant permissions:

1. Allow Access to Reviewer Names and Reviews
   1. After Final Decision of Accept, Reject, or Reject and Transfer
   2. After First Decision

To allow Author access to custom review questions answered by Reviewers, go to PolicyManager > Reviewer and Editor Form Policies > Create/Edit Review Forms.

1. Click the Edit link next to the applicable form.
2. On the Edit Review Form page, go to the Custom Review Questions section. Check the box for the setting, Visible to Author, next to each question to be made available.
3. When finished, click Submit.

To allow Author access to Reviewer responses to manuscript rating questions, go to PolicyManager > Reviewer and Editor Form Policies > Reviewer Recommendation Policies > Match Review Forms to Article Types and Reviewer Roles.

1. For each applicable Article Type/Reviewer role pair, check the box next to the setting, Display Responses to Author. (To select all roles and all Article Types, click the button, Display Manuscript Rating Question Responses to Author for all Reviewer Roles/Article Types.)
2. When finished, click Submit.

To allow Author access to overall manuscript ratings, go to PolicyManager > Reviewer and Editor Form Policies > Manuscript Rating Question Configuration > Overall Manuscript Rating Question Settings.

1. Check the box next to the setting, Display Reviewer Manuscript Rating to Author.
2. Click Submit.

 

 

 

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