Reassign the same reviewer after their rejection

[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