Many of Elsevier’s journals use the Elsevier Editorial System (EES) for managing the submission and peer review process. Editors and managing editors use the system to communicate with author(s) and reviewers. EES ensures a seamless flow from article submission, through peer review, all the way to publication.

EES offers a range of benefits for reviewers, including:

• Complimentary 30-day access to Scopus as a reward and to help facilitate your review
• Straightforward sign-up after you have been invited to review
• Online support, provided throughout the peer review process
• Simple and fast submission of your review
• A system that is available 24/7, fast, robust and reliable, and, most importantly, easy to use
• The ability to track the status of your review and to keep track of the deadline for submitting your review
• A knowledgeable helpdesk to resolve your queries and answer your questions about the system
• Electronic storage of correspondence and data for each submission and regular back-ups by Elsevier’s secure servers. There is no longer a need for paper files, and the electronic system is faster and more environmentally friendly than paper systems.

A unique feature of EES is that all reviewers have access to the abstracts of the articles referenced in the paper under review! This is facilitated through Elsevier’s Scopus platform.

For more help and information, you can also use Elsevier's EES Interactive Tutorials.

Using EES, editors can:

• Invite suitable reviewers to review
• Provide instructions on the format, structure or criteria for review
• Inform reviewers of key deadlines
• Automate workflow tasks and correspondence
• Use topical classification of reviewers’ specialties to suggest reviewers for particular papers
• Produce a number of reports, including a late reviewers’ report – highlighting the reviewers who have not yet responded
• Link to reviewers’ published work and citation histories, see who their co-authors were and set up citation alerts to keep up to date with who is citing which research
• Save time and make the entire peer review process quicker and more efficient

 For authors EES:

• Provides online submission for authors
• Connects authors with editors and reviewers
• Provides information on the status of their paper within the review process without the need to contact the editor
• Decreases the time between article submission and publication by streamlining the submission, review and decision process.