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Reviewers’ Information Pack
Supporting Peer-Review 4. PEER-REVIEW SYSTEM
4.1. Elsevier Editorial System (EES)
Nearly all Elsevier’s journals use the Elsevier Editorial System (EES) for managing the submission and peer-review process. EES allows authors to submit their manuscripts, reviewers to referee and editors to manage the peer-review process online, providing a seamless flow from article submission, all the way to publication. For reviewers, EES offers a range of benefits, including: • Complimentary 30-day access to SciVerse Scopus and SciVerse ScienceDirect as a reward, and also the ability to track the status of the review • Straightforward sign-up after review invitation • Online support, provided throughout the peer-review process • Simple and fast submission of the review • A system that is available 24 / 7, is fast, robust and reliable, and, most importantly, easy to use • The ability to track the status of your review, and to keep track of the deadline for submitting your review • A knowledgeable Help Desk to resolve queries and answer questions about the system • Electronic storage of correspondence and data for each submission and regular back-ups by Elsevier’s secure servers. There is no longer a need for paper files, and the electronic system is faster and more environmentally friendly than paper systems. A unique feature of EES: all reviewers have access to the abstracts of the articles referenced in the paper under review! This is facilitated through Elsevier’s SciVerse Scopus and SciVerse ScienceDirect platforms. For more help and information, you can also utilize Elsevier’s EES Interactive Tutorials http://support.elsevier.com
4.2. Tools to Help
SciVerse
The SciVerse platform gives access to SciVerse Hub, a one stop single search across SciVerse Scopus and SciVerse ScienceDirect, and relevant third party content. The platform includes the use of SciVerse Applications which can be easily added to your user profile from the SciVerse Applications Gallery after you have logged in.
SciVerse Scopus
Covering the world’s research literature, SciVerse Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources with smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research. Its unique database contains abstracts and references from over 18,500 peer-reviewed journals from 5,000 international publishers across the scientific, technical, medical, social sciences and arts & humanities fields. Scopus also offers trade publications, book series and 4.8 million conference papers. Next to that, it contains ‘Articles-in-Press’ from more than 3,850 journals. These articles are available in Scopus prior to their official publication date. Enriched with alert tools, citation analytics and advanced search features, Scopus provides the fastest way to find relevant content and identify potential research partners. Applications can be added from the SciVerse Applications Gallery. Alerts can be created that are triggered by new citations. Researchers can find authors and papers ranked by citation count, evaluate journals by their degree of relevance within a given field, and make contributions to their Author Profiles to better represent themselves to other SciVerse users. For more information about SciVerse Scopus, please visit: www.info.scopus.com
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Reviewers' Information Pack / Version 2.0
Reviewers' Information Pack / Version 2.0
Table of Contents
1. About Elsevier
1.1. A Short History of Elsevier
2. About Peer-Review
2.1. What Is Peer-Review?
2.2. Who Are Reviewers?
2.3. Why Reviewers Review?
2.4. Peer-Review Process
2.5. Types of Peer-Review
3. Duties of Reviewers
3.1. Contribution to Editorial Decisions
3.2. Promptness
3.3. Confidentiality
3.4. Standards of Objectivity
3.5. Acknowledgement of Sources
3.6. Disclosure and Conflict of Interest
3.7. Adherence to Elsevier Publishing Ethics
4. Peer-Review System
4.1. Elsevier Editorial System (EES)
4.2. Tools to Help
5. Supporting Our Reviewers
5.1. Online Support
5.2. Training
6. Listening to Our Reviewers
6.1. Reviewer Feedback Programme
6.2. Reviewers’ Home
6.3. Elsevier and Sense About Science Reviewer Survey
7. A Brief Guide to Reviewing
7.1. Purpose of Peer-Review
7.2. On Being Asked to Review
7.3. Conducting the Review
7.4. Communicating Your Report to the Editor
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