Most of journals require for paper submission to suggest three or four reviewers. How to choose them ?
Is it among the authors of the papers cited in your manuscript, among the members of the editorial board or other criteria ?
Since I have faced a problem with a journal for which my paper spent more than seven months with the status "Reviewers invited".
Thanks for guidance.
Give first preference to thr experts related to the topic of publication
Thank you very much Subir Bandyopadhyay and Roman Anufriev for sharing your valuable contribution.
Sure, the experts in the field but sometimes you suggest them and they decline to review the paper. In addition, do you think that the editor-in- chief invites all of them to review the paper ?
Larbi Gueraiche Depends on the journal i.e. if they want more reviewers they can go through the whole list. From my experience, most standard is two or three reviewers. Sometimes to break conflicts, additional reviewers are called (I hate when that happens, I think editors should make a judgement call at that point rather than passing on the onus to another reviewer). Also, the list you provide is just a guide to the editor, they are not required to call upon any of the people you provide.
I totally agree with Roman Anufriev 's answer, papers can languish in purgatory for long with 'big names'. Find some good post docs either by meeting them at conferences or citing their work or even writing to them.
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