Actions
Follow-up operations for your area — report a conflict, request a reassignment, escalate to your Senior Area Chair, or send reminders to late reviewers.
Purpose
The Actions tab gathers the follow-up operations you reach for once papers and reviewers are in motion. It has four sub-tabs:
- Report Conflict — declare a conflict of interest between one of your papers and a reviewer.
- Request Reassignment — ask to have a paper moved to another Area Chair.
- Escalate to SAC — raise an issue to your Senior Area Chair.
- Send Reminder — email reviewers who still owe reviews on your papers.
When you use it
- When you spot a reviewer who should not be on one of your papers.
- When a paper falls outside your expertise or your workload, and another AC should take it.
- When you hit a problem you need your Senior Area Chair to weigh in on.
- When reviews are running late and reviewers need a nudge.
Walkthrough
- 1
Report Conflict — pick one of your papers, then pick one of its assigned reviewers, describe the conflict (co-author, same institution, personal relationship, etc.), and submit. The PC Chair is notified to review and act.
- 2
Request Reassignment — pick the paper you want moved and explain why (conflict discovered, outside your area, workload). The PC Chair reviews your request.
- 3
Escalate to SAC — pick the paper, set a priority (Low / Normal / Urgent), describe the issue, and submit. Your Senior Area Chair is notified and you can track the escalation.
- 4
Send Reminder — review the list of papers with pending reviewers (grouped by paper, expandable). Select individual reviewers, all reviewers for a paper, or everyone; optionally add a custom message; then send. Each recipient gets an email and an in-app notification. You can also send to a single reviewer with the mail icon next to their name.
Tips
The Send Reminder list only includes reviewers whose reviews are still outstanding. After a round of reminders, use the refresh icon — reviewers who have since submitted drop off, so you never chase someone twice.
Report Conflict and Request Reassignment notify the PC Chair, who decides whether to remove a reviewer or move the paper. Escalate to SAC routes to your Senior Area Chair. Pick the action that matches who you need to act.