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Volume 6, Number 2, Spring 2006

A Document Submission and Peer-Review Administration System

Raghu Korrapati, Ph.D

rkorrapa@waldenu.edu

Walden University, Minneapolis, MN, USA

As editors for Academic Journals and Conferences we have found the Peer review process for manuscript submission, distribution, communication with authors and reviewers to be expensive and inefficient. Most of this process is managed by Graduate Assistants and constant rotation causing re-training cost and chances for errors. As a result, International Technology Solutions, Inc developed a Web based document management system called ReView that automates the entire process. This automated system will eliminate all manual tasks and allow the editors to easily monitor the real time status of all activities. It is a complete solution for Document submissions and Peer review administration process. An overview of the system features are listed below:

ReView Features:

Author Submission Process:

Authors can self register with their profile before submission
Password authentication and security
Password reminder facility if author forget password
Ability to select Publication (Spring Issue or Fall Issue)
Document submission with capturing Co-authors information
Ability select Keywords of Paper submission from pre-defined table
Document status availability (Submitted, In Process, 1Comment, 2Comments, Final Comments, Resubmit, and Accept)

Peer reviewer process:

Peer Reviewers can self register with their profile before review
Password authentication and security
Password reminder facility if reviewer forget password
Captures Reviewers expertise in Keyword form
When review submitted, receive confirmation of what was submitted (Score and Comments)

Administration by Editor-In-Chief or Editor:

Ability to configure email address (one or more) when events occurred
Receive an email when document submitted by an author
Ability to download the document submitted by author and blind-it (Remove name and affiliation and Upload back to web site for Reviewer to see the blinded copy)
Ability to select reviewers from drop down based on Keyword submission by author and Reviewer’s matching Keyword expertise.
Send e mail when Reviewer is assigned
Send email (Thank you) (Configurable) when review is submitted by Reviewer
Ability send reminders to Reviewers
Ability to assign to a third reviewer if there is conflict on two reviewers (One says it is good and other says it is reject)
Ability to manage comments from each reviewers and copy into final comments where author can see only comments that you wanted to see.
Calculate score of review
Capturing history on each document
Ability to send “Call for Papers” for all database email list and history

Miscellaneous Reports:

List of articles that has no review
List of articles that needs to be reviewed
List articles that has one reviewer comments
List articles that has two reviewer comments
List articles that has sent for authors for re submission
List articles that has accepted for publication
List of logins to system
Interface to add/delete/change Peer reviewers profile
Interface to Keywords of Editorial Interest
Ability to configure your logo for Publication

Want a demo:

Please call Dr. Larry Beebe (Lbeebe@Columbus.RR.COM)

Pricing:

There will be initial Yearly License Charge. They can host the system for you and provide periodic updates and fixes.