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Reinventing academic peer-review
ScholaRevs manages peer review for journals and editors. We match each manuscript with qualified reviewers, run the review cycle and pay reviewers for their work. Editors keep every editorial decision.
For journals and editors
Hand over the review process. Keep every decision.
Send us a manuscript. We find reviewers with the right expertise, handle invitations, reminders and deadlines, and deliver the reports to your workspace. You decide what happens next.
For researchers
Review in your field. Get paid for it.
Apply once. We invite you to manuscripts that match your publications and expertise, and we pay you for each completed review cycle. Your editor feedback builds a reviewer record you can point to.
The problem
Peer review runs on goodwill, and goodwill is running out
Journals depend on qualified reviewers. The current system asks those reviewers to work for free and asks editors to find them one email at a time.
Finding reviewers takes weeks
Editors send invitation after invitation to find two or three people with the right expertise and the time to say yes.
Review times keep growing
Each declined invitation adds days. Authors wait, and editorial decisions slow down.
Reviewers work unpaid and unseen
Peer review takes expertise and hours of careful reading, yet most reviewers receive no pay and little recognition.
Core principle
Peer review is professional work
A good review takes subject expertise, methodological judgment and several hours of careful reading. Science depends on that work, yet most reviewers still do it without pay.
ScholaRevs treats peer review as professional work. We select reviewers on demonstrated expertise, expect reports that meet a clear quality standard and pay them for each completed review cycle.
How it works
From manuscript to reports, managed end to end
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You submit a manuscript
An editor shares the manuscript and any requirements for reviewers through the ScholaRevs editor workspace.
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We match reviewers
We look for researchers whose publications cover the topic and methods, and we screen out conflicts of interest with the authors.
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We run the review cycle
We send invitations, follow up on deadlines and keep reviewers on schedule for every round you request.
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You decide
You read the reports and make the editorial decision. ScholaRevs pays the reviewers.
Our commitments
What journals and reviewers can count on
Editors decide
Acceptance, revision and rejection stay with the journal. ScholaRevs does not make editorial decisions.
Confidential by default
Every reviewer accepts our confidentiality rules and Code of Conduct before seeing a manuscript.
Conflict checks
We exclude the manuscript's authors and reviewers with close ties to them before any invitation goes out.
Fair pay
Reviewers receive payment for each completed review cycle, from the first report to the final decision.
Insights
Practical guides on peer review
Short editorial guides for reviewers, editors and research teams.
Peer Review
What Makes a Good Peer Review?
A practical guide to the habits that make peer review useful to editors, authors, and the scientific record.
For Reviewers
How to Write a Constructive Peer Review
A clear structure researchers can use when reviewing manuscripts for journals.
For Reviewers
Common Mistakes Reviewers Make
Frequent review problems that reduce clarity, fairness, or usefulness.
Ready to work with ScholaRevs?
Researchers can apply to join the reviewer network today. Journals and editors can write to us about the beta.