How can you delete a reviewer from a submission's workflow

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We are using OSJ Current version: 3.0.2.0 (March 1, 2017 - 06:06 AM),

Setting Name Setting Value
OS platform Linux
PHP version 5.6.27
Apache version Apache
Database driver mysql
Database server version 5.6.33-79.0-log

I would like to delete a Reviewer from the workflow for a particular submission.
I can see that others have asked similar questions, and posted a Feature Request for this capability in the “Add Review” panel of the workflow.

Does the capability exist to delete a Reviewer from a submission? (I do not want to remove them from the journal system, I just want to remove them from the workflow of a particular submission).

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Hi @JManager_Murmuration

In the newest OJS version 3.1.1 there is the function “Unassign Reviewer” for those reviewers that haven’t answered to the review request yet.

Best,
Bozana

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Thank you. Can there a reviewer be deleted after they have already agreed to review? This is needed because the conditions sometimes change for a reviewer. Is this available in 3.1.1?
If not, what do you suggest for a workaround?

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Hi @JManager_Murmuration

Hmmm…
You could maybe provide that function no matter if the reviewer has confirmed the review. You could comment out this code line pkp-lib/ReviewerGridRow.inc.php at ojs-3_1_1-0 · pkp/pkp-lib · GitHub and pkp-lib/ReviewerGridRow.inc.php at ojs-3_1_1-0 · pkp/pkp-lib · GitHub.
I am not sure however, what implication would that mean for the data in the DB – I think it should be OK, but… I am not 100% sure. Maybe you have a possibility to test it in details first?

Best,
Bozana

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Hi @JManager_Murmuration and @bozana, I would like to know if commenting out the code works or not.

Thanks,
Andi Alfian

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Hi, @asmecher. Would the procedure described above pose any problems? I know something of this nature is planned for 3.2, but editors really need this option as soon as possible.

Thanks for your time.

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This is happening to our editors quite often. Agreed that it would really help having this on 3.2 or earlier.

Thanks,
Alex

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We are having many problems about that, would be great if it be resolved soon…tks!

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Hi all,

Editors will be able to cancel reviews that have already been initiated starting with OJS 3.2. See Improve editor control over reviews · Issue #2508 · pkp/pkp-lib · GitHub for details.

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

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