Editorial Manager (EM) can be configured to automatically uninvite reviewers a certain number of days after invitation without response, or unassign an agreed reviewer who is more than a certain number of days overdue. Editors with appropriate permissions can adjust these values in the Reviewer Selection screen.

Automatic Un-invite and Un-assign actions are processed in a batch between midnight and 4am, US Eastern time. Any pending invitation or assignment that meets the criteria for uninvitation when the batch is processed will be un-invited/un-assigned.

How?

In EM, Un-Invite refers to cancelling an invitation before the reviewer has responded, while Un-Assign refers to cancelling a pending review after the reviewer has agreed (or was assigned without invitation). Together both are often called Uninvite.

1. Locate the submission and select Invite Reviewers.
2. At the top left find the Review Settings section.

   • Uninvite After - unresponsive reviewers will be un-invited that many days after they were invited.

     • If set to 0 they will not be un-invited automatically.
     • If the line does not appear, then the option has been disabled in the article type.
   • Unassign After - agreed (or assigned) reviewers will be unassigned when they are X days overdue.

     • If X is set to 0 they will not be automatically unassigned.
     • If the reviewer's individual due date is blank they will not be un-assigned automatically.
     • If the reviewer has a partially saved review, they might be excluded from un-assign based on the article type setting. Check with your Journal Manager or other editorial contact.

   To view and potentially change a reviewer's due date

3. To change the automatic uninvite settings for this submission, select the Edit link next to Review Settings.
4. Enter a new number for either value (if the values cannot be edited, you do not have permission to override due dates).

   • If you change to 0, that disables automatic un-invite or un-assign for this submission.
   • During the next daily batch each pending invitation or assignment will be checked against the new setting.
5. Select Save Settings to save the change.

The automatic uninvite/unassign takes place between midnight and 4am, US Eastern time. Any pending invitation or agreed/assigned review meeting the criteria currently set for that submission will be included:

• The reviewer is sent the default un-invite or un-assign notice configured for their reviewer role.
• Assigned editors may be configured for notification as well.
• The first valid Alternate Reviewer, if any, is invited.