This guide provides an overview for Authors on the review process within Dynamica.
- Reviewing Process Overview
- What are the Reviewer States
- Who are the reviewers?
- What criteria and guidance do reviewers adhere to?
Reviewing Process Overview
After the Author has requested/invited reviewers, the reviewers will receive a notification of the request. The reviewer can view the abstract and then need to accept to proceed with the review or decline within the time limit set by the Author's University. If the reviewer declines or has not accepted within the timeframe, it will proceed to the next reviewer.
Once the reviewer has accepted to review the manuscript. They will then review the manuscript utilising the inbuilt reviewing tool.
Review page
After they have completed the review, the author will be informed of the outcome and be able to view the full review.
Review States
Reviewer states are the stages a mansuscript is in within the SciFree review process. The below table provides an overview of these states.
| Review State | What it means | Who can change it |
|
Composing |
The manuscript/content has not yet been submitted for review. or The manuscript/content has been rejected or requires major revisions for resubmitting |
The author |
| Waiting for reviewing to start | Waiting for authors to click on Start Review | The author |
| Reviewing.MissingReviewers | Waiting for reviewers to accept to review and review the manuscript, before it times out | The peer-reviewers |
| Suggested | Content is suggested to a reviewer for them to accept or decline to review | The peer-reviewers |
| In Progress | The content is under peer-review |
The peer-reviewers |
| Published | The content has been accepted to be published by the minimum criteria of reviewers |
The University Admin |
|
Cancelled |
The manuscript has been removed from the SciFree process and can be deleted |
The author |
Who are the Reviewers?
Two types of reviewers can be called:
- General Reviewer: reviews the entire manuscript
- Technical Reviewer: Reviews sections specifically independently
Reviewers can be called in two ways to review the manuscript. This is decided at the review stage of the authoring process by the manuscript author.
Option 1: Add your own reviewers
The author can add reviewers directly by adding the requested reviewers' email addresses. If the requested reviewer is already a SciFree researcher, they will be located and added. If they are not already on SciFree, the author can invite the researcher to join SciFree and review the manuscript.
Option 2: Reviewers located via keywords
Reviewers on SciFree can set up keywords as general reviewers and/or technical reviewers. The author must add keywords to the overall manuscript content but can add keywords to particular sections. If researchers are already on the tool with matching keywords, it will inform the author how many matching reviewers are found.
NOTE: There are a few integrity steps automated in the tool to not call yourself the author or reviewers with the same affiliation as the author. However, the review and the reviewers' information will be made open with the published manuscript for full transparency.
Guidance and Criteria for reviewers
If you are a current or prospective reviewer and would like to learn more about the review process. You can find detailed guides in the reviewer section. Guides include:
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