Blacklist Reviewers or Authors

This article describes how to blacklist reviewers and authors from reviewing and/or submitting to your journals. Only users with Super User permissions can blacklist accounts.

To blacklist users, head to 'Blacklist' under the Super User settings.

Then, click 'New' at the top of the screen to add a new user.

Fill in the user's email address, Name, and any notes you think are necessary for other Super Users/future reference.

In the settings below, you should then specify whether you want to block the account from reviewing, submitting, or both.

You can also choose which journals to block them from if you have more than one journal. Just click on the short name and it will highlight which journals to block the user from.

You can add an expire date for the block to end.

Finally, click save.

Go back to the Blacklist menu to see and update blacklisted accounts.