You will receive an e-mail stating that a new manuscript was assigned to you. To start the referee process please log in into your journal site.

Within your center click on Awaiting EIC Reviewer Selection.

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To assign a reviewer please click on the tab EIC Select Reviewer. Inside the details page now opens a range of possibilities.

The first option is to select a reviewer preferred by the author. For this you need to tick the box for the preferred reviewer and confirm by clicking the Add button:

Afterwards an E-Mail-Template opens up where you can insert further information if needed. To send the E-Mail click Save and Send.

As second option you can use the “Quick Search” if you assume that the reviewer is already registered inside the system. Use a “*” for truncation.

The results offer a lot of information. By clicking the button left from the person's name a pop-up window appears which gives you access to the account information and an overview about the activity as Reviewer:

Underneath the reviewer's name you find an overview about all roles the person is connected with.

After a person has been chosen please confirm with Add.

Either if you want to assign a reviewer preferred by the author or a reviewer who is already registered inside the system, the next step is to sent out an invitation to the reviewer. Therefore you can use the button Invite or if you want to invite all reviewers which you have put to the list you can use the button Invite All.

After you have confirmed with Invite an E-Mail opens. If you want you are able to overwork this E-Mail. At the end confirm with Save and Send.