Reassign the same reviewer after their rejection

[apm643]

Hi!
I’m new to OJS (2.4.8.0 version) so maybe this is a basic question but accidentally I have rejected myself a reviewer request. I just want to reassign the reviewing task to the same user but the system won’t let me as it appears as already assigned. I’ve tried to erase the user from the system and create a new user with the same email (don’t have another email adress) but OJS won’t let me create another user with the same email (even thought it’s supposed to be totally erased from the platform.

I dont know if I had made myself clear, but is there anyway possible to reassign a user for something he/she is supposed to have already done?

Thanks in advance!

[rkemp]

Hi @apm643,
You are supposed to be able to reassign, but an issue in the 2.4.x code prevents it. Here’s a thread where I posted a workaround in case you don’t have access to the code (the earlier discussion referenced in that thread includes a code fix I suggested):

Reassigning reviewer in OJS 2.4.8.1

Hello, We are currently running OJS 2.4.8.1 and have a journal where the editor has assigned a reviewer but has somehow accidentally declined on their behalf. they would like to reassign the reviewer but their reviewers status is “stuck” on assigned. When I look at the event log, I can see multiple events logged as: Review assignment accepted by proxy but have not found any documentation on what this is or how it is accomplished. I saw an older post from May 2016 where this same question was …

Roger