Tips for reviewers: How to review many papers faster

5 tips for power users

Each tip in itself saves time. If you take all of them into account, you can work extremely efficiently.

1. Go directly to review form via version

2. Review on separate browser tab

3. Multiple review forms at the same time

4. New browser tabs with middle mouse button (1-click)

5. Tab navigation with keyboard shortcuts (CTRL+TAB)

1) Go directly to the review form via the paper version

• Standard method: paper list → click paper title (A) → paper details → button review → review form

• Direct method: paper list → click version (B) → review form

2) Review on a separate browser tab

You can save yourself the hassle of reloading the paper list and scrolling back to the last position in the list by opening the paper's review form in a new browser tab (right-click on the link → context menu → open link in new tab) and simply closing it after saving the review. That alone is not a big efficiency gain ...

3) Multiple review forms at the same time

... However, if you open several papers or review forms on separate tabs at the same time, you can fill out the review forms while they are loading and close all tabs at once after you have saved them. This way, you can open not only 5, but also 10, 20 or more browser tabs at the same time.

4) Open new browser tabs with the middle mouse button (1-click)

If you have a mouse with a scroll wheel, you can also click the scroll wheel as a middle button.

5) Tab navigation with keyboard shortcuts (CTRL+TAB)

• Use one hand to operate the mouse to fill in the evaluation criteria

• Use the other hand to operate the keyboard to switch to the next tab or paper