Thank you for your willingness to serve as a reviewer for Military Medicine. We rely on timely, high quality reviews to maintain the high standards of our journal. Please note that you can review this paper now or return later to do so. If you wish to review it at a later time, please select the button "Agree to Review" and then simply log off. When you are ready, log on again and the paper will be in your In Box. Click on the manuscript title to open the MS Details screen. The buttons will now give you the options of viewing the manuscript to review and filling out the review form. To Complete the Review Form:
- Log on and click on the manuscript title to open the MS Details Screen.
- Select the button "Fill Out Review Form.
- You must complete all required fields in order to submit the review. However, we realize that sometimes you may be interrupted or do not have the time to complete the review in one sitting. If this happens, you can save your comments and submit them later by clicking the button "Save But Don't Submit". When ready to finish the review, log on and return to the MS Details screen. Select the action "Fill Out Review Form," and your previous responses and comments will be viewable.
- You can also prepare your comments offline by using your word processor, and then copy-and-paste them into the Comments textbox. Alternatively, you can prepare your comments offline in your word processor and append the word processing file for your comments by selecting the "Append Review" button below the Comments textbox. A third alternative is to append a marked manuscript using the "Append Marked MS" button under the Comments textbox, but please note, use of this option requires you to have the full Adobe Acrobat program (not just Acrobat Reader) to mark up the pdf file.
- Complete the review form and click the Submit Review button when you are ready to do so.
- Later, if you want to know the final decision the author received, log on and click on your Reviewing History button in the blue-colored navigation frame on the left. This screen displays all the reviews that you have completed and the current status of the manuscript. Clicking on the manuscript title takes you to a copy your completed review.
To Decline to Review:
Click on the manuscript title to go to the MS Details screen. You can scroll down to read the abstract and to see some basic information about the paper. Near the top of the screen select the "Decline to Review" button if you choose not to provide a review of the paper. Enter a reason in the pop up text box window for declining to review and click the OK button. You can now log off the system.