Removing a reviewer once review is complete

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One of my reviewers has submitted reviews but not used the review form - is it possible to remove the reviewer and reassign with the review form? Thanks!

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Hi @Freyni,

You’d need to start a new review round and assign the reviewer there.

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

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Hi Alec

Thanks for the reply but I can’t work out how to start new review round. The only options under Director Decision are Choose One, Accept Submission, Decline Submission or Revisions Required.

Regards, Freyni

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Hi @Freyni,

To initiate a new round of reviews, you need to record a “Resubmit for Review” decision, select a file to re-submit, and click “Resubmit”. This will initiate the second round.

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

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Hi Alec.

I’m still struggling - as I said before, the only options under Director Decision are Choose One, Accept Submission, Decline Submission or Revisions Required. Even if I login as the author and upload a file, it does not change the status of the submission, and under the Director login, I cannot see the file either . . .

Help! Thanks, Freyni

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Hi @Freyni,

Ah – are you using OCS? I assumed you were using OJS.

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

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Hi Alec, I am using OCS. Any suggestions? Otherwise thankfully we only have a few submissions so far so I will reload them . . . !!

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Hi @Freyni,

Thanks – OCS doesn’t support multi-round review, so if you want to clear a reviewer who has already submitted a review, you’ll need to either have them resubmit the paper from the beginning, or you’ll need to manually clear the review in the database. If you’re handy with MySQL, see the review_assignments table.

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

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Thanks again Alec, I’ll resubmit them, thankfully it’s early days so only a few to do!!