Once a review has been submitted, it cannot be withdrawn or altered by anyone, including the reviewer. This ensures the integrity of the review process. Authors can only view reviews after the Corresponding Editor has released them. Names of reviewers are suppressed for viewing by authors.

Reviewers can view or download papers assigned to them, check their status, submit reviews on-line, view/print reviews, and access old reviews of resubmitted papers.

When a paper is assigned to a reviewer, s/he gets an e-mail from the Corresponding Editor containing the paper number, title, authors, and PIN number. Please note that the PIN number is unique to the paper ID and the reviewer. If a reviewer is assigned more than one paper, each paper will have a different PIN number, i.e., the PIN is not unique to the reviewer. Reviewers who are also authors will have a separate author PIN. However, once a reviewer is logged on he/she can access author function as well, if registered as an author. Copies of papers are NOT e-mailed. The reviewer can view or download the paper from eLANE directly.

eLANE is set up to handle up to two review cycles. A paper that requires major revisions can be resubmitted after revisions. This is called Cycle 2.

Logging on as a Reviewer to Download Paper/View Paper Details

To logon as a reviewer, go to the Reviewer Menu and click on Download Paper. Logon by entering your First Name, Last Name, Full Paper ID, and PIN number. All these are contained in the e-mail sent to the you from the Corresponding Editor. If all of these match, you will see the paper information. Click on the View/Download Paper button – Cycle 1 for first-time submitted papers, and Cycle 2 for revised paper. You can view the paper on-line or save it to your computer by selecting, File, Save As on your browser. Similarly, you can print a hard copy by selecting File, Print on your browser.

Entering your review

Logon as a reviewer by selecting Submit Review. You will be presented with an on-line review form. Fill in the review fields and your recommendation.

If you have extensive comments, you can type them into a text processor in advance and upload them as an attachment. Before you upload your document, be sure that you have removed identifying information from the File Properties. Your files will be transmitted as is to the authors. Any uploaded attachments should be in pdf, rtf or an image format.Be sure your name is not included in the document properties before you upload the file. Click on the Attachment button when doing the review. Marked up copies of papers are best handled by scanning the necessary pages with the annotations and converting to pdf.

Please be aware that your connection will time out if there is no action for one hour. If you cannot complete your review in one session, you can save your work and quit without submitting by using the Save button.

Submitting your review

When you have completed the review form and are ready to send it to the Corresponding Editor, press the Submit button. The review will be put in the eLANE database and a notification e-mail will be generated for the editor. You can edit this e-mail to include any special comments you have about this paper.

Viewing a submitted review

You can view the completed review at any time and print it for your records. Go to View Review Form in the Reviewer main menu. You will see only your name on your own review form. The authors and other reviewers cannot see who has reviewed the paper.

Reminder

Save - saves your review but does not transmit it to the Corresponding editor; you stay logged on, so you can continue to make changes. You can also Logoff and return later.

Submit - saves your review and transmits it to the editors by generating an e-mail.

Important:Because internet connections can be disrupted,we recommend that you press the Save & Continue button often to avoid losing your work.