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Find the right reviewer, check them, and rule out conflicts, in one search

For editors looking for a referee. Refereeing and editorial decisions stay with the journal.

Narrow to people who work with the manuscript’s methods as well as its topic.

Each reviewer shows whether they are accepting work this month and their usual turnaround.

Completed reviews and on-time rate, built from delivered work.

Paste the author list; reviewers who share an institution or co-authorship are hidden.

Your invitation is passed on from a verified editorial address. The reviewer replies directly.

Search is free and unlimited. Any honorarium you agree goes directly and fully to the reviewer.

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CitePep is only for finding and contacting reviewers. You still invite them, manage the review and make decisions in your own system, such as ScholarOne or Editorial Manager.

Each reviewer is matched to an ORCID record or institutional email, and clinical reviewers also to their professional register. Only reviewers who have completed at least one review appear in search, so every result has a real track record.

You send a short request with the manuscript field and your deadline ; the manuscript stays with you. The reviewer can decline, or accept and share their email with you. Reviewers choose whether journals can contact them.

CitePep only records reviews done through its own pre-submission service for authors. Anything you commission through your journal stays in your system; you can confirm it so it counts toward the reviewer’s total.