The Review Stage creates paper groups and review invitations. It should be used to edit the Review form. Use of the Review Stage will overwrite any changes made to the Review Invitations through the Invitation Editor. It also sets the visibility of all existing and future reviews.
When to Use it
The Review Stage should not be run until after the submission deadline, except in the case of public, single blind venues. They can begin the Review Stage before the submission deadline if they first run 'Post Submission Stage' to create paper groups.
Options
Review Start Date
When Review Invitations will open for Reviewers, in GMT
Optional
Defaults to now
Review Deadline
When Review Invitations will close for Reviewers, in GMT
Required
Review Expiration Date
After this date, no more reviews can be submitted. This is the hard deadline reviewers will not be able to see.
Enter a time and date in GMT using the following format: YYYY/MM/DD HH:MM (e.g. 2019/01/31 23:59)
Optional
Default is 30 minutes after the review deadline
Make Reviews Public
If yes, sets the readers of existing and future reviews to 'everyone'.
Required
Will not work if submissions are not public
Release Reviews to Authors
If yes, sets the readers of existing and future reviews to include paper authors.
Required
Will not work if 'Make Reviews Public' is selected while submissions are not public
Release Reviews to Reviewers
Sets the visibility of existing and future reviews.
Required
Email Program Chairs About Reviews
Determines if PCs will be notified of future review submissions.
Required
Review Rating Field Name
Determines which field should be used to calculate the average "rating" on the PC console. You should enter a field that has been added via "Additional Review Form Options".
The selected field should have options that follow the format "number: description". For example, "1: Very poor".
Required
Defaults to "rating"
Review Confidence Field Name
Determines which field should be used to calculate the average "confidence" on the PC console. You should enter a field that has been added via "Additional Review Form Options".
The selected field should have options that follow the format "number: description". For example, "1: Not confident".
Required
Defaults to "confidence"
Additional Review Form Options
Adds or overwrites fields to the Review Form. Expects valid JSON surrounded by a single pair of curly braces {}. Read more about the accepted field types here.
