MERLOT Review Workflow Overview
The table below lists the Peer Review Workflow Tools on MERLOT. The "Avail" column lists who has access to the tool, R - External Peer Reviewers, M - Discipline Board Members, and E - Discipline Editors.
A schematic diagram of the relation between tools is also available.
| Tool |
Avail |
Description |
| Item Workspace | R, M, E | Pages with review workflow for an item. |
| Personal Workspace | R, M, E | Page or pages with review workflow information and tools specific to individual reviewers. |
| Individual Review | R, M, E | Tool for writing and submitting individual reviews. |
| Composite Review | R, M, E | Tool for writing and submitting composite reviews. |
| Review History | R, M, E | Page listing the complete review information for an item. |
| Workflow Search | M, E | Tool for searching for items in MERLOT based on their triage, review, and author contact status. |
| Triage | M, E | Tool for writing and submitting triages for items. |
| Triage History | M, E | Page listing triage information for an item. |
| Volunteer/Assign Self for Review | M, E | Tool to volunteer to review an item, or assign yourself to review the item. |
| Discipline Overview Table | E | Tool for listing items by their review status. |
| Add/Remove Item Reviewers | E | Tool to add or delete reviewers for an item. |
| Manage Reviewers | E | Tool to add, inactivate, or change status of reviewers for a discipline. |
| Workflow Options | E | Tool to set options for a discipline's workflow. |
| Author Communication | E | Tools to send letters of notification, review, and recognition to authors. |
| Post Reviews | E | Tool to post reviews for general viewing on MERLOT. |
| Edit Reviews | E | Tool to Edit/Delete posted reviews. |