How a review proceeds
A reviewer applies to a journal's panel. Once the journal adds them, its editors send manuscripts one at a time, each with a price and a deadline that do not change once the reviewer accepts.
Applying to a journal
A reviewer who has signed in is not visible to any journal. A journal cannot see the reviewer's name, their profile, or that they are on Peerclave at all, until the reviewer applies to that journal.
Reviewers see the journals on Peerclave, listed by name and scope, and apply to the ones they want to review for. The price is set per manuscript, so there is nothing to compare at the application stage.
The sequence
A reviewer applies to a journal's panel
A clinician or researcher signs in, fills in a reviewer profile, and sees the journals on Peerclave. They apply to the ones they want to review for. A journal sees an applicant's profile only when they apply, and decides whether to add them to its panel.
The journal sends a manuscript
An editor picks a reviewer from the journal's panel and sends a manuscript, with a price and a deadline set for it. The price may reflect how quickly the review is needed, and the reviewer is shown the fee they will receive. The reviewer accepts or declines.
The reviewer gets the manuscript
On acceptance the reviewer receives the manuscript at the access level the editor chose for it. Either way, the reviewer has the full text before the review is due.
The review is submitted
The reviewer completes a structured review and submits it by the deadline.
Payment is released
Payment is released when a complete review is submitted by the deadline. Where the journal has stated that the price includes a round of revision review, that round is covered too; otherwise a revision is sent as a new offer with its own fee.
Revision rounds
When it posts a manuscript, a journal chooses whether the price includes one round of revision review. If it does, and the authors return a revised manuscript, the same reviewer is offered the revision to assess against their original review, within a deadline set by the journal.
A second round, or a revision where none was included, is a new offer with its own fee. The reviewer may accept or decline it as with any other.
Manuscript visibility
The editor chooses what a reviewer sees before accepting an offer: the abstract alone, or the full text. This choice is made per manuscript. Whichever is chosen, the reviewer receives the full manuscript on acceptance.
Reviewers are asked to decline offers where they have a conflict of interest. Where the abstract-only policy is in use, a reviewer who identifies a conflict after receiving the full text may withdraw without penalty, and the offer is reissued to another panel member.
Entry points
Apply for editor access if you are an editor-in-chief or handling editor of a medical journal.
Sign in if you are a clinician or researcher who reviews manuscripts.