The
second possibility is to activate the option to
let reviewers refuse a review assigned to them.
Please go to:
Overview => Settings => Main Setting for Paper Reviewing
And set in the section “Review Options” the option “
Do Reviewers have the Option to Refuse Reviewing a Submission?” to “
Yes”.
Please be reminded that this might facilitate the process of refusal if reviewers spot a conflict of interest.
However, it might also lead to a significant number of reviews being refused on other grounds and can result in more work for the organizers reassigning submissions to new reviewers (see image 1).
This function allows reviewers not only to refuse to review a paper assigned to them (see image 2), they can also choose from a preset reason including a personal statement to corroborate the reason given (see image 3).
For more detailed information about the "Refuse Reviewing" option, please refer to:
Allow reviewers to refuse reviewing a paper assigned to them