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How do I send email reminders to Reviewers?
Last updated on February 16, 2023Watch this short video to see how to send reviewer reminders.
Depending on your Editor role, you may be able to send email reminders to Reviewers who haven’t yet responded to invitations or haven’t provided their review by the due date. To send reminders, you need to:
- Be logged in to Editorial Manager with an Editor role that allows you to send reviewer reminders. If your role allows this, you’ll see a ‘Send Reminder Letters’ link on your Main Menu.
- Have active assignments with Reviewers who haven’t responded to an invitation or are overdue in submitting their Reviewer report.
Your journal may already have automated reminders configured. Please check with your Journal Manager or other support contact if you are unsure.
How
The ‘Reviewer Invited – No Response Report’ lists Reviewers who haven’t responded (i.e., agreed or declined) their Reviewer invitation. To send reminders, follow these steps:
- In your Editor Main Menu, select ‘Send Reminder Letters’.
- Under ‘Reviewer Reports’, select ‘Reviewer Invited – No Response Report’.
- Select the appropriate report limitations and pull down options to filter your report by:
- Reviewer Role.
- Handling Editor.
- Show Reviewers with invitations that were sent more than X days ago or Reviewers with invitations that were sent within the last X days.
- Select ‘Submit’.
- Tick the “Send Reminder” checkbox next to each Reviewer to remind a selection about individual manuscripts or select “Check All” to send reminders for all manuscripts.
- At the bottom of the screen, select “Send Reminders”.
- Select the appropriate “Reviewer Reminder” letter. Select “Customize Letter” to customize individual reminder letters and then select “Send All Letters”, or:
Select “Send Reminders” to send the template reminder letter.
Another option, the ‘Unregistered Reviewer Invited – No Response Report', lists un-registered reviewers with an outstanding reviewer invitation. To send reminders, follow these steps:
- In your Editor Main Menu, select ‘Send Reminder Letters’.
- Under ‘Reviewer Reports’, select ‘Unregistered Reviewer Invited – No Response Report’.
- Select the appropriate report limitations and pull down options to filter your report by:
- Reviewer Role.
- Handling Editor.
- Show Reviewers with invitations that were sent more than X days ago or Reviewers with invitations that were sent within the last X days.
- Select ‘Submit’.
- Tick the “Send Reminder” checkbox next to each Reviewer to remind a selection about individual manuscripts or select “Check All” to send reminders for all manuscripts.
- At the bottom of the screen, select “Send Reminders”.
- Select the appropriate “Reviewer Reminder” letter, then select “Send Reminders” to send the template reminder letter. (Please note no customization can be made in this reminder letter.)
The Reviewer Reminder Report lists Reviewers who’ve agreed to review but haven’t yet submitted their recommendation and comments. To send reminders, follow these steps:
- In your Editor Main Menu, select ‘Send Reminder Letters’.
- Under “Reviewer Reports”, select “Reviewer Reminder Report”.
- Select the appropriate report limitations and pull down options to filter your report by:
- Reviewer Role
- Handling Editor
- Show reviews that are within X days of their due date, reviews that are at least X days past their due date, or Reviewers whose reviews are due between X and X.
- Select 'Submit'.
- Tick the “Send Reminders” checkbox next to each Reviewer to remind a selection regarding individual manuscripts or select “Check All” to send reminders for all manuscripts.
- At the bottom of the screen, select “Send Reminders”.
- Select the appropriate “Reviewer Reminder” letter.
- Select 'Customize Letter'' to customize individual reminder letters and then click 'Send All Letters'
- or
- Select 'Send Reminders' to send the template reminder letter.
Watch this short video to see the steps.
After following these steps:
- You'll have sent email reminders to reviewers who haven’t responded to an invitation to review, or have agreed to review but haven’t yet submitted their recommendation and comments.
- The reminder emails can be seen in correspondence history of each submission.
- The number of reminders and last reminder date will update for each reviewer.
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