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FOR EDITORS & REVIEWERS

See the connections.
Inform your judgment.

Find relevant expertise.
Understand the surrounding research.

I’m an editor ↓I’m a reviewer ↓

01 EDITORS

Find potential reviewers
through their research.

Discover people to investigate,
with relevant papers behind each name.

IMAGINE THIS

A new submission.
A fresh place to look.

A manuscript on optical materials lands on your desk. You need reviewers with relevant expertise, but assembling a starting list takes time. Begin with a published paper central to the topic and explore the researchers working around it.

  1. Start with a relevant paper.Search for its author, confirm the right researcher, and choose the publication.
  2. Follow the research to the people.Explore citing papers and narrow by topic, journal, date or keywords. Open relevant sources and examine their authors. Secondary citations can lead into adjacent fields.
  3. Build a list to investigate.Keep the papers that explain each person’s relevance. Check expertise, availability and conflicts separately before inviting a reviewer.
YOU LEAVE WITH

A focused starting list of potential reviewers, with supporting publications—and less searching from scratch.

Start with the author of a relevant published paper.

THE CITATION EXPLORERDiscover relevant expertise
Relevant papers → authors to investigate

A real saved network around a 2025 Science paper on polarized light and crystals. Each bubble is a paper, not a recommended reviewer. Select one, then open its source to investigate the authors.

Citation connections suggest a place to look. They do not establish reviewer suitability or independence.

02 REVIEWERS

Less time searching.
More context for your review.

Find the related work
that informs your assessment.

IMAGINE THIS

Before you assess the claim,
explore the context.

You’re reviewing a manuscript proposing an optical material. You recognize a key reference, but want to understand later developments and related approaches. Follow that published paper’s connections to find sources worth examining.

  1. Choose a published starting point.Search for the author of a key reference and open that paper’s citation network.
  2. Look beyond the first connection.Explore citing papers, then the papers citing those papers. Refine by relevant materials, methods or dates to investigate work you might otherwise miss.
  3. Ground your assessment in the sources.Read the original papers. Save useful references with notes so you can return to them while framing your review.
YOU LEAVE WITH

A focused set of relevant sources, less time repeating searches, and specific questions to bring to your assessment.

Start with the author of a paper cited in the manuscript.

THE CITATION EXPLORERExplore two citation layers
One reference → a wider research context

The same saved network, expanded by one citation layer. Dashed bubbles mark indirect connections; they do not necessarily cite the original paper. Colors group topics, numbers show reported citations, and arrows point to the cited paper.

Explore published literature. The graph alone cannot establish novelty, correctness or complete coverage.

OTHER USEFUL STARTING POINTS

More ways
to get oriented.

Additional possibilities drawn from our research and interviews.

START WITH PUBLISHED RESEARCH

A clearer assessment
starts with context.

YOUR STARTING POINT

Start with a published paper.

Enter the name of an author whose work is relevant to your question.

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