Suggesting reviewers

When submitting your article you may be asked to suggest 2-3 potential peer reviewers. The editors will not necessarily invite your suggested reviewers but these suggestions can help speed up the peer review process.

Top tips for suggesting reviewers:

• Suggest people in your field whose view of your paper you would respect
• You do not need to know your suggestions personally and reviewers will not know you suggested them
• Make sure that your suggestions are not current or recent colleagues of you or your co-authors
• Suggest researchers who know the subject well and are willing to invest the time (‘big names’ will often decline)
• Consider the diversity of your suggested reviewers with regards to the following characteristics: gender, ethnicity, career stage and geographical location
• We encourage suggestions of reviewers from traditionally underrepresented groups
• Submit your suggestions through ScholarOne rather then contacting them yourself