Reviewer email template for SFD journal

Dear [reviewer_name],

Thank you for agreeing to be a reviewer for The Seneca Falls Dialogues Journal. You are assigned [xxxx] to review. 

We would like your review completed DAYS_ALLOWED.

You can download the manuscript by going to the following Web address and selecting the appropriate option there:

As a reviewer, please submit the following THREE items not later than [by April 3rd, 2017] by going to the same link listed above. These items are:

1.  Your Report – Upload your review rubric (in *.docx OR *.PDF format)

2.  Your recommendation - Place the submission in one of the following categories: "Publish with minor edits", "Accept with revisions", or "Revise and resubmit".

3.  Manuscript Markup and optional Cover Letter – Upload a new version of the manuscript showing the markup of any proposed changes to the manuscript.  This new version can be either Word or PDF format.  Name this document as follows:  [MS#]_markup_[your initials])

The reviewer’s rubric is attached to this email.

Thank you,

The Editors

The Seneca Falls Dialogues Journal

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Dear [reviewer_name],

You are invited to review a submission to The Seneca Falls Dialogues Journal entitled “[publication_submission_label]”.  The submission abstract is at the end of this message.

As a reviewer, please submit the following THREE items not later than [DAYS_ALLOWED]:

1.  Your review (in *.docx OR *.PDF format) placing the submission in one of the following categories:
1. a.       Publish with minor edits
2. b.      Accept with revisions
3. c.       Revise and resubmit
2.    A new version of the manuscript showing the markup of any proposed changes to the manuscript.  This new version can be either Word or PDF format.  Name this document as follows:  [MS#]_markup_[your initials]
3.  Cover Letter to the SFD editors
4. Use the following rubric when reviewing your assigned articles.  We would expect a ranking of “strong” in all three categories for a paper to receive the “publish with minor edits” recommendation:

Criteria	Strong/Satisfactory/Needs improvement	Comments
Quality of Argument         clear claims          insightful
Support for main ideas:          discussion is relevant to overall argument          use of appropriate  research          organization is logical and transparent
Quality of writing:          Sentences are easy to follow          Paragraphs are well organized          Written with few errors in grammar, usage, etc.

You can download this submission at the following Web address:

[preview_url]

If you have any trouble accessing the submission, please contact support@dc.bepress.com or pmaxwell@brockport.edu for assistance.

You can submit your review, markup, and cover letter by going to the same link listed above. From there, you will be prompted on how to finish submitting your review.

 [ABSTRACT displayed here]

Thank you,

The Editors

The Seneca Falls Dialogues Journal
bepress response:
1. I’ve made the first set of changes (the review recommendation wording).
2. I’m afraid I can’t add a table to the email. Would you like to send me a Word document that I can upload? I can link to that in the review request email and you can ask reviewers to upload the completed document in their review report?

Regarding the dates, when you request the review, you can modify the dates in the top section of the request (I’ve attached a screenshot). Toggle to the top box and set the date to April 3rd and that will automatically be pulled into the email.