Important Considerations
- Only reviewers and editors can 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. Reviewers should only use this feature if they discover that they accidentally submitted the wrong review.
- Karma credits will be reversed.
*Note that accrual of Karma Credits will end on July 31st, 2022
| Important: Because of a system change, the Karma credit program will be put on hold - accruals end on Jul 31, 2022, and redemptions must be made before Oct 31, 2022. Please read the KB article on Karma Credit Sunset. |
How to Delete a Review
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
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- 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
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- 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.
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