Review models
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Section titled “In this section”- A List of Review Models Kotahi Can Support
Kotahi supports a wide range of peer review models that can be customised for your journal’s needs.
Options include:
- single-blind review - reviewers know the author’s identity but their identity is hidden from the author
- double-blind review - the identities of both the author and reviewers are hidden from each other
- open review - the identities of the authors and reviewers are known to each other
- collaborative review - reviewers can discuss the submission together and collaborate on a review. This can be moderated or unmoderated.
- community self-review - the review process allows the community to self-select as reviewers without editor assignments. Often used for preprint reviews.
- multiple rounds - as many iterative rounds of review as needed with the same or new reviewers each round (typical for Journals)
- rolling submissions - authors can update submissions during an active review round if enabled (this has proven useful for some preprint review use cases)
In summary, Kotahi is highly configurable to support single-blind, double-blind, open, collaborative, community self-review, and combinations of these models. The system allows multiple iterative review rounds with flexible reviewer selection and updated submissions.