Reviewer Database

How to Add Reviewers to your Database

On JAMS, you are able to upload your own reviewer database.

The reviewer database can be accessed via the Manage Reviewers option selected from the main menu.

In this screen, you can manually add a reviewer by choosing the + Add New option and populating mandatory data fields shown below.

For more efficient reviewer adding, it is possible to import a .csv file with the data of multiple reviewers. In order to do so, you should follow the Import CSV option which will open up a new page to be able to download the .csv template.

Upon populating the .csv file with reviewer data, the file can be reuploaded into the system via the Choose File field. Please note that not all fields in the .csv file need to be populated. Mandatory fields include: reviewer first and last name, email and title.

Once this import has been completed, reviewers will be visible in the Manage Reviewers page as shown in the example below.

Note: If you have set up multiple journals on JAMS and wish to keep reviewers linked to a specific journal, head to the Application Features menu. If you turn on the toggle option 'Journal-specific reviewer database, these data pools will be kept separate. Otherwise, if by default the option is not selected, a reviewer can be invited to any of your journals on JAMS.

If you only host one journal on JAMS this feature can be ignored.

How to assign reviewers to a manuscript

There are currently four ways to add and invite reviewers to papers that are under review on JAMS.

1. Reviewers can be manually added/created on the manuscript page.

2. They can be searched via the Scilit search feature as well as being pulled out of the database.

3. For users with access to Premium features, the AI-powered Reviewer Finder can be used.

4. Reviewers can be searched for directly by name or email address here.

How to adjust the number of Reviewers per manuscript

Locate the Journals menu option in the Super User side column.

Find the journal you want to adjust the peer review quantity for and click the pencil ‘edit’ icon.

Scroll down to the Peer Review section of the Journal Settings and set a Minimum Reviewer Number and Default Reviewer Number to fit the needs of your Journal.

For more information about how the Peer Review process fits into the Editorial process as a whole, see our article here.