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