The Editorial team of International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior is seeking out new reviewers for 2023. IJOTB has seen a positive increase in rankings in recent years, having tripled the CiteScore from 2019-2021 (quintupled, when considering the projection for 2022), as well as a significant jump in submissions in this time frame. We are interested in any reviewers with relevant knowledge in the general field of Organizational Behavior. We particularly welcome early-career researchers.

Reviews are performed on the ScholarOne Manuscripts submissions platform – it is easy to create an account here. When you are creating your account, it is important to add in your areas of expertise so we can select the appropriate manuscripts to be sent to you; it is also helpful to add your methodological preference if you have one – e.g. quantitative, qualitative, computational simulation. 

We also welcome research students to join the review process as this can be really helpful for their own careers (providing experience for their own submissions in the future, experience to add to CVs, and may help to be invited to the Editorial Review Board in the future), so do consider this if you are a research students or pass on the information if you have research students yourself).  

ScholarOne provides some guidance for new reviewers which may help if you have never completed a review before. Emerald also offers a peer review hub with further resources. You can also get in touch with the editorial team, if you want guidance that is specific to IJOTB. We can share templates for reviewers with relevant questions and areas to cover.

We suggest you look at all these links as they contain some really useful information to help you perform your review. If you are unable to review the manuscript you are sent, it is really useful if you can recommend someone else who might be able to review it (rather than just decline it). As a thank you for your contributions to the journal, you are entitled to free personal access to up 40 Emerald journal articles (excluding backfiles) on Emerald Insight. This access is valid for a 90-day period from when you receive your access notification. This is just one of the many benefits of becoming a reviewer- Emerald goes into more details about reviewer benefits here.

Thank you very much for considering to serve as a reviewer for IJOTB. We look forward to seeing you as an IJOTB reviewer!