HSR has adopted the use of ManuscriptCentral, an online manuscript submission and peer review mechanism developed by ScholarOne. Current and future
Benefits to Authors and Reviewers
 Straightforward and rapid
submission of manuscripts.
Direct access by authors to
manuscript tracking
information.
Better matching of reviewer
expertise to the needs of each
manuscript.
Reduced likelihood of
overwhelming reviewers with
multiple requests.
Immediate availability of
manuscripts to reviewers for
viewing online or downloading.
Online Reviewer Report Forms
for sending comments directly
to the Editorial Office. All
communication by e-mail.
Savings in time and mailing
costs for authors and
reviewers.
All-around increase in decision
speeds, shorter handling time
and decreased publication
time.
Built-in safeguards to ensure
anonymity of authors and
reviewers during the review
process. |
authors and reviewers, please take this opportunity to create a user account, so that you will be all ready when the time comes to submit a manuscript or review. In creating an account you will also facilitate our efforts in making appropriate matches between reviewers and manuscripts.
Filling in all the necessary information should take no more than five minutes. Log in at
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/hsr. Please use your e-mail address for your User ID. Once you've logged in, please select the
edit your information button to fill in your user profile. Then navigate to the
Author Center or
Reviewer Center, where you'll find instructions on how to proceed.
It is particularly important that you populate the Specialty / Area of Expertise and Keywords fields. The site contains roughly 50 subject areas that characterize the bulk of the articles published by HSR over the past decade. Following the subject headings is a list of disciplines and areas of expertise (each preceded by an asterisk) to be used by reviewers to characterize them and by authors to suggest the expertise needed to assess certain papers.
You will note that some categories are very broad and some very specific. Please check all that apply to you. Use the free text box to provide more information (e.g., after "qualitative methods" one might add "ethnography, but not focus groups").
Checking more categories does not mean you will be deluged with reviewing requests from us. In fact, knowing how to make a more specific match will reduce the number of requests, and the ones you do get will be more targeted to your interest. Furthermore, by logging into your account you can let us know when you will be unavailable (e.g., on sabbatical in Tahiti) and the online submission system will alert the editors if you are already reviewing manuscripts for us, so we will be much more reluctant to ask that you take on an additional manuscript.
And, when you submit a manuscript yourself, you will use this same account and speed the review of your own manuscript.
We know your time is valuable. This system will ultimately save you time and expense in communicating with us.
If you have problems, questions or suggestions for improvements, please contact our Managing Editor, Meighan Schreiber at
hsr@itas.ucsf.edu.
Thanks and welcome to the community of
HSR authors and reviewers.
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