Applications are handled by email while our online form is being finished. One application covers every role — the committee may offer a role different from the one you name. There is no fee, in either direction.
How to apply, in three steps
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Have your CV and ORCID ready
You'll attach a current CV (.pdf or .docx, under 10 MB) and give your ORCID iD. Using your institutional email helps us verify your affiliation faster.
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Open the pre-written email
Click the button below and your email app opens with a ready-made questionnaire — just fill in each line. No email app? Copy it and paste it into any email to editor@ijkr.org. You only need to answer what applies to you.
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Attach your CV and send
Send it to the editorial office. The appointments committee assesses each application within 30 working days and replies by email — with a decision or a request for a little more detail.
What your email should cover
The button above lays all of this out for you — this is just so you know what's coming. Answer what applies; more detail helps the committee match you well.
The role you want
- ›Which role(s) you would accept — reviewer through to editor-in-chief
- ›For a regional reviewer: the country or region you would cover
About you
- ›Name, institutional email, phone, country, and city
- ›Languages you can review in
- ›ORCID iD (required), plus Scopus, Web of Science, or Google Scholar if you have them
Qualifications and expertise
- ›Highest qualification, current position, sector, and years of experience
- ›Your main track and sub-tracks, plus 5–10 expertise keywords
- ›The methods, instruments, and tools you can assess — the most useful thing you can tell us
Track record
- ›Publications, h-index, patents, funded projects, and students supervised
- ›Five representative publications, with DOIs where you have them
- ›Reviewing and editorial experience, and why you want this role here
Availability and attachments
- ›How many reviews a year you can take and your turnaround time
- ›Whether you'll re-review revisions, arbitrate, mentor, or be publicly acknowledged
- ›Your CV attached (required); a full publication list (optional)
Four confirmations
- ›Everything is true and the ORCID iD is yours
- ›You'll keep manuscripts confidential and out of tools that retain input
- ›You'll follow COPE and the journal's ethics and peer-review policies
- ›You consent to IJKR storing your details for matching