The 'Find Reviewers' tool helps editors discover reviewers using everything we know about the research including the authors, reviewers and manuscripts and the relationships between them. Candidate reviewers can be selected for use in Editorial Manager (EM).

How

For any assigned manuscript where a decision has not been taken, click the ‘Invite Reviewers’ link in the action menu for the manuscript to open the Reviewer Selection Summary page. (See Reviewer Selection Summary for more information on this page.)

1. Under ‘Search Type’, select the ‘Find Reviewers using Scopus’ tab, which will open Find Reviewers in a pop-up window. The reviewer recommendations in Find Reviewers should be available within 24 hours of initial submission of the manuscript.

2. Navigation:

   • Use the menu on the left side to navigate. The menu can be minimized using "<" and expanded using ">"
   • Most pages are displayed with a list of reviewer candidates on the left. Click on any of these, and the candidate's full profile appears on the right.
   • A Return to Submission button at the top of any page will return you to EM, with your selected candidates displayed for action.

3. Selecting Reviewer candidates :To use the selected candidate, click the Add to Manuscript button at upper right of the profile.

   • When your browser window is too narrow, the button will move under the candidate's name.
   • The candidates you have selected will be displayed at left with a green tickbox.
   • The selected candidate is saved in a list, to be sent to EM when you eventually Return to Submission.

4. System Recommendations: Up to 100 candidate reviewers are listed with basic information on the left of the screen, and the full profile of the currently selected candidate is displayed on the right. See an example here .

   • Potential conflicts of interest, such as candidates at the same institution as the authors of the submission under review, are highlighted.
   • You can filter by h-index, areas of expertise, and by special connections to the journal, such as authors that were recently accepted, Interested Reviewers and authors that were cited in the manuscript as shown here.

5. Keyword Search: To search by Keywords, click on 'Keyword Search’’.

   • List your keywords separated by commas and click 'Search'. See an example here.

     • Click on any of the suggested keywords below to automatically populate that keyword into your search.
     • Set the appropriate option for Refine your search: "ALL" to search for only people with all the listed keywords, "ANY" to search for those with one or more of the keywords.
     • Select a "Published Since" year.

6. Author Search: To search by Author name, click ‘Author Search’

   1. Enter the author’s last name, first name, affiliation or email address and click ‘Search’ to run the search.
   2. A list of matching candidates will appear on the left, and the profile of the currently selected candidate will appear on the right.
   3. Use the 'Add to Manuscript' button on the profile to select candidates for the manuscript.

7. Interested Reviewers: The 'Interested Reviewers' tabdisplays all researchers that have expressed their willingness to review for the journal on the Reviewer Hub through the Volunteer to Review option.

   1. Beneath each candidate is a count of 'Matching works' that matches the manuscript keywords to the articles published by the candidate.
   2. To use the selected candidate, click the Add to Manuscript button at upper right of the profile. The candidates you have selected will be displayed at left with a green tickbox.

8. Journal Reviewers : A new feature in Beta, Journal Reviewers, displays candidates who have linked their user profile in your EM journal to their Scopus profile, appear to be a good match for the manuscript, and that have a high chance of agreeing to accept the request to review based on their history.

   1. Click on the > to the right of any candidate to see their full profile, and potentially select them.

9. Editorial Board Members:Displays candidates who are marked as Editorial Board member within your EM site, and who have connected their EM profile to their Scopus Profile. See an example here.

10. Selected Candidates:The Total reviewers added page shows all reviewers you have selected in this session as well as in previous Find Reviewers  sessions. See an example here.

    1. Click on the > to the right of any candidate to see the full profile, and potentially unselect them.

11. Manuscript Details: Lists the details from EM that were used to find candidates. See an example here.

12. Session preferences: Applied across all the search sections and allows checking and customizing of the conflict of interest filter and Matching Works keywords.

    • The first tab within Session Preferences shows the ‘Matching Works’ setting that is being applied to the results from all search options other than System Recommendations.

      • Expand the ‘Suggested manuscript keywords entered by the author’ section to see the keywords which are being used to identify the candidates with the best matching works.
      • Keywords can be removed from the search and additional words can be added in the top section; click Apply Changes to save these settings for all searches related to this submission.
    • The second tab of the Session Preferences feature allows for in-or excluding authors to the conflict of interest filter.

      • Add or remove authors to the conflict of interest filter by clicking on Add to Conflict of Interest’ button on their profile in any of the search sections.
      • It is only possible to check conflict of interest for authors where there is a match on their Scopus profile.

13. Return to Submission: At any time, click the Return to Submission button at the top to close the Find Reviewers in Scopus window.

    1. All the selected candidates will be listed in Editorial Manager.
    2. For more details on working with reviewer candidates within EM, see How do I select and invite reviewer candidates in Editorial Manager?

14. In EM: Tick an option next to each reviewer you want to select; you may not have all four options depending on journal configuration.

    1. Inv: Invite a reviewer immediately
    2. Asn: assign a reviewer without invitation
    3. Alt: set as an Alternate Reviewer
    4. Prop: list as a Proposed Reviewer

15. If a matching user is found in EM, the details are displayed above the Reviewer Recommender details. Select 'Use This Candidate' to confirm this is the correct person, otherwise a new account will be registered.

16. If no matching user record is found, or if you do not select 'Use this Candidate' on a matching user, then a new account will be registered.

17. When you have completed your selections, click 'Proceed'.

    1. If any of the selections are new accounts or had no reviewer role, you will prompted to select a reviewer role for each one.
    2. Then you can customize the invitation letters and confirm all the selection before sending letters. See How do I select and invite reviewer candidates in Editorial Manager? for more details on this screen.

Frequently Asked Questions:

How are recommendations generated?

How are candidates ranked?

Why are there candidates who are clearly not in the field?

Which browsers are supported by Find Reviewers?

How are conflicts of interest addressed?

Will the reviewers be added to my journal’s user database?

Why do I not have recommendations for a manuscript?