Finding suitable peer reviewers for a manuscript can be a challenging, time-consuming task. We want to help make the process easier and faster for our editors. Reviewer Finder is an exciting tool that reduces the manual work involved in finding relevant reviewers.
To use the tool, simply enter information about the manuscript you are sending out for review into the Reviewer Finder and it will return a list of possible reviewers.
Fields you can fill-out include:
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The matching algorithm returns researchers who have a publishing profile similar to that of the manuscript author(s). Go through the comprehensive list of reviewer names that are sorted by relevance. You will be able to expand each name to learn more about the person’s research background.
We help by searching a pool of data for suitable reviewers (hopefully we can find contacts that you do not know) and providing information about their profile, past publications, and possible conflicts of interests to help you make a decision on whether to invite the reviewer to review or not.
The tool is searching data from Web of science (provided by Clarivate Analytics) through Target Author Data Graph.
- Web of Science is highly comprehensive and multidisciplinary in its journal coverage. Sources include leading STM, humanities, and social science journals.
The matching process uses two concepts to create the matching algorithm.
The software defines a good match to be someone who has a similar publishing profile to that of the manuscript author. Therefore the algorithm attempts to find individuals who have published material that most closely resembles that of the original author.
We present the data as we find it and suggest that you confirm there aren’t any conflicts of interests using your usual methods until you’re confident our tool delivers results you’re happy with.
Please send your questions to reviewerfinder@springernature.com and we will be sure to provide an answer!
