Peer Review & Scoring
Peer Review Software
Save your administrators weeks of time managing the abstract peer review process.
Trusted by Over 500 Conferences Annually in Over 30 Countries
Cut Wasted Admin Time & Ensure No Underqualified Speaker Slips Through the Cracks
If your conference administrators manage hundreds or thousands of abstract reviews and you don’t have a sophisticated abstract peer review system, mistakes and timesinks are bound to happen. But for prestigious conferences with high rejection rates, you can’t afford to let the wrong speakers slip through. Our abstract peer review software is designed to protect your reputation while saving your conference administrators time and headaches.
Assignments Based on Reviewer Expertise
With reviewer sign-up forms, handpicked reviewers can select their topic preferences, ensuring that they only receive abstracts that they are willing and able to review.
Automated Review Assignments
There’s no need to spend hours assigning thousands of peer reviews one by one. Our peer review module automates the process, ensuring reviews are distributed to the appropriate reviewers and minimum review assignment thresholds are met.
As Many Review Rounds As You Need
Unlike other tools that accommodate only one round of peer review, our module enables you to run as many review rounds as necessary to ensure your speakers are thoroughly vetted, and additional data they may submit can be reviewed as well (papers, cases, disclosures, PPTs, etc.)
Blind or Non-Blind Reviews
Maintain the level of anonymity and transparency that your conference requires with configurations to support both blind and non-blind review processes.
Review Forms Customized to Your Needs
Ensure that each submission is thoroughly assessed according to your conference’s specific criteria with custom review forms with unlimited questions and advanced logic to ask specific questions based on submission data.
It’s All Integrated
Every module of EventPedia software suite is designed to integrate seamlessly with the next. From peer review, all your data integrates seamlessly into the program module for easy program building.
Reviewer Sign-Up Form
Easily Solicit Reviewers & Document Their Topic Preferences
Invite top experts using our intuitive reviewer sign-up form.
Allow invited reviewers to select topic areas they are willing and able to review.
Sign-up data will populate a reviewer pool, which integrates seamlessly with the Assignment Wizard to automate review assignments.
Review Assignment Wizard
Automate Abstract Assignments to Save Hours of Work
Automatically assign abstracts to reviewers based on their expertise and interests.
In just a few clicks, conference administrators can notify reviewers of their assignments.
Simply nudge any reviewers who have yet to review abstracts simultaneously.
Set up automated reminders to reviewers who have incomplete review assignments.
Manually adjust and re-assign abstracts to reviewers when necessary.
Automatically block assignments from being made to reviewers affiliated with the abstract.
View, track, and report on your scoring data by standard deviations, total score, average scores, and normalized scores.
This Past Year…
453
Abstract Collection Sites
103,365
Submissions Collected
65,551
Presentations Scheduled
104,900
Peer Reviews Completed
21,890
Scheduled Sessions
320,689
Authors & Co-Authors
34,022
Disclosures/Speaker Forms
Scoring & Evaluations
Ensure the Abstract Review Process Is Fair & Sound
Set reviews as blind or non-blind.
Create custom review forms with as many questions as necessary.
Include fields for peer feedback, scoring, and comments.
Add abstain fields for reviewers with conflicts of interest.
Track Chair Module
Optional Add-On: Split the Admin Load with Track Chairs
Ideal for large or volunteer-run conferences, the Track Chair module allows you to divide abstract review administration duties among track chairs to distribute the workload and ensure focused attention on each track or topic area.
Final Statuses
Notify Speakers in Bulk With Just A Few Clicks
Create an unlimited number of final status categories.
Select the appropriate final status category for each submission based on their review scores and feedback.
Use final statuses and custom placeholders (“hotkeys”) to notify presenters of their acceptance or rejection in bulk.
Provide review notes to rejected speakers and allow for resubmissions, if necessary.
Program Module
Next Up: Time to Build Your Program!
Once you have your full list of approved speakers, you can use EventPedia program module to easily schedule speaker sessions and manage conflicts with simple drag-and-drop functionality.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can I review things other than abstracts and papers? Like nominations, applications, awards, etc?
Yes. The review module can be used with our forms module to collect forms outside of a conference. These can be assigned to reviewers and scored, and notifications can be sent to the submitters.
Is there a maximum number of reviewers you can have in the system?
No.
Is there a way to automatically remind incomplete reviewers to complete their assignments?
Yes, you can create and automate recurring emails to be sent to all of your reviewers with outstanding review assignments to complete.
Is there a way to solicit reviewers?
Yes, the reviewer signup form is meant to solicit reviewers and help organize them by track or topic area.
Can I review abstracts first, and then review papers separately afterwards?
Yes, our peer review module facilitates multi-stage reviews for this. You can even collect additional data or files like PPTs which can be reviewed in the third round if needed.
Can a reviewer markup a document, and share it back with the submitter for revisions?
Yes, file downloads, markups, and uploads are all allowed, and the revised documents can be shared back with the submitter.
Are there reports I can access to easily see scores, recommendations, and comments?
Yes, reports contain individual scores, as well as total scores if your submissions have multiple reviewers. There are several reports available for you to download the reviews, scores, recommendations and comments made by the reviewers.
Can submitters make edits once the abstract has gone through the review process?
Yes, you can open it up for edits so that the submitter can directly edit their abstract or they can re-submit a supplementary document.
Can the review system handle a blind review?
Yes, all identifying information can be hidden from the reviewer(s).
How can I optimize my peer review process with X-CD?
Our recent blog post provides a complete overview of how X-CD’s peer review software can help you optimize your peer review process. Click the link to read it now.
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