How-to
Joining the Reviewer Pool
Joining the reviewer pool from your profile and setting the expertise keywords that editors use to find you.
Users in the reviewer pool are suggested when editors search for reviewers. Every registered user can join the pool from their profile. Accepting invitations is always up to you.
- Open the My profile page from the user menu and go to the Profile tab.
- On the Reviewer pool card, tick the I would like to join the reviewer pool box.
- Type your areas of expertise in the Expertise keywords field. Type each one and press Enter. You can enter up to 30 keywords.
- Press Save.
Being found in the pool
When editors look for a reviewer, they search by name, e-mail, institution or expertise. The candidates are ranked by the number of their expertise keywords that match the keywords of the submission. The editor also sees the number of ongoing, completed and declined invitations of each candidate.
To appear in the pool, your account must be active and your e-mail address verified. The authors of a submission do not appear in the candidate list of that submission.
Reviewer role
The Reviewer role adds you to the pool even without ticking this box. Reviewers who were invited by e-mail address and whose account was created with the invitation start with this role. If you do not have the reviewer role, a note reminding you to join the pool and a Go to my profile link appear at the bottom of the Reviewing screen.