CHAIR HOW-TO: Modify Reviews

Note

The Chair may, for a number of reasons, need to submit, edit or delete a review of a paper.

OVERVIEW

If a Reviewer has changed their initial review, the Chair will also be able to view that initial Review to compare it to the updated version.

Note

The Chair should get permission from the Reviewer to submit on their behalf.

SUBMIT REVIEW

Note

The chair can submit an initial review of a paper on behalf of the reviewer

• From the Chair Console, find the Paper of which the review needs to be edited. Click on ‘View Reviews.’

• Click the ‘Submit Review’ link for the Reviewer the Review is to be submitted.

• Enter the answers in the ‘Edit Review’ page, upload a file if needed, then click ‘Submit.’

• Verify the correct answers are visible.

EDIT REVIEW

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The chair can edit a review of a paper on behalf of the reviewer.

• From the Chair Console, find the Paper of which the review needs to be edited. Click on ‘View Reviews.’

• Click ‘Edit Review’ of the Review that needs to be edited.

• Modify the answer(s). In this case, we modified question #2 from ‘a’ to ‘c.’

• Click ‘Save changes.’

• Verify the change was made.

DELETE REVIEW

Note

The chair can delete a review of a paper on behalf of the reviewer.

Important

You cannot delete a review that has been edited

• From the ‘View Reviews’ page, click ‘Delete Review.’

• The ensuing pop reads: ‘You will not be able to revert this action. Are you sure you want to delete review submitted by…’ Confirm the deletion by clicking ‘OK.’

• Verify the review has been deleted.

VIEW OLD REVIEW

• From the ‘View Reviews’ page, click the ‘Old Review’ link.

• The ‘Old Review’ popup shows the original answers to the Review questions. Click ‘OK’ when done.

WHAT AUTHORS SEE DURING AUTHOR FEEDBACK

Note

During Author Feedback, Authors will not see any empty reviews or Reviews labeled "Not Submitted.'

Chair Console

Author Console