A review request turns informal “could you look at this?” messages into a structured step: named reviewers, agreed criteria, a due date, and a clear outcome. It is built into every document you own.
Request a review
Open the review request from the document
As the document’s owner, start a review request and choose your reviewers from the document’s collaborators or by searching for colleagues.
Set the criteria
A short checklist tells reviewers what to check, for example clarity of the argument or completeness of citations. Edit the defaults or add your own, up to eight items.
Choose a due date and reminders
Pick when the review is due (a week ahead by default) and optional reminders beforehand. The deadline is added to reviewers’ calendars.
Send it
Reviewers are notified that you requested their review, and the document is marked as in review.
What reviewers do
Each reviewer reads the document, works through the checklist, and records a decision in the editor’s review panel: Approve or Request changes, with an optional comment. Passage-level feedback goes in comments as usual; see Comments, suggestions & mentions.
The outcome
- The document is approved once every reviewer approves; a single Request changes decision marks it as needing changes straight away, and you are notified of the outcome.
- If changes are requested, revise and send a fresh review request when you are ready.