How can a reviewer delete a review?

NOTE:

• Only reviewers and editors have the ability to delete a review.
• Once the editorial decision has been made on a manuscript, a review cannot be deleted.
• WARNING - The review will be physically deleted and cannot be recovered. This feature should only be used if reviewers discover that they accidentally submitted a wrong review.
• Karma credits will be reversed.

A reviewer can delete a review either through the completed reviews page (option 1) or the submission review page (option 2).

• Option 1 - Deleting a review through the "Completed review assignments" page
  1. Make sure you are signed in to https://jmir.org
  2. Go to your reviewer homepage: https://jmir.org/reviewer/index/completed
  3. Find the submission for which you need to delete your review and click on the "Delete Review"
     
     
     
     
  4. A pop-up will appear asking you to confirm you want to delete the review. Click on the "OK" button
  5. Your review will be deleted and the submission will return to the "Active" tab so that you can start the review over and resubmit it
     
     
• Option 2 - Deleting a review through the "reviewer submission" page
  1. Make sure you are signed in to https://www.jmir.org/
  2. Go to your reviewer homepage: "https://jmir.org/reviewer/submission/{articleid}"
  3. Scroll down the page and click on the "Delete Review"
     
     
     
  4. A pop-up will appear asking you to confirm you want to delete the review. Click on the "OK" button
  5. Your review will be deleted so that you can start the review over and resubmit it.