Peer review in days, not months.
Finding a reviewer who will accept and deliver on time is one of an editor's hardest jobs. Peerclave gives a journal a standing panel of subspecialty reviewers. The editor sets a price and deadline for each manuscript; the reviewer accepts up front and is paid once a complete review arrives by that deadline.
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The problem
20 for 2
Inviting 20 reviewers to secure 2 is not uncommon at one journal, where the number invited per manuscript rose from 2–3 in 2006–2010 to 6–7 in 2019–2024. Acta Odontologica Scandinavica editorial
36%
Review invitations accepted at one medical education journal in 2024, down from 56% in 2020. Completion of accepted reviews fell from 89% to 76%. PRiMER, 2025
69–94%
Share of all reviews carried out by the busiest 20% of reviewers: the people editors most want and least often reach. PLOS ONE
Over 6 months
Median time to a final decision in one clinical field, with about two months of it to a first decision. Much of that is spent finding a reviewer, not reviewing. Journals in one clinical field
Peerclave does not add to the general pool. It gives a journal a smaller panel of reviewers who applied to it, are paid per manuscript, and accept a deadline before they start.
Fixed on both sides
The journal sets the price, the deadline and how much the reviewer sees before the offer goes out, and none of it changes once the reviewer accepts. Payment follows a complete review by the deadline, whatever the journal makes of its conclusions.
How it works
A reviewer applies to a journal's panel
A journal never sees a reviewer who has not applied to it.
The journal sends a manuscript
To a panel reviewer, with a price and a deadline set for that manuscript.
The reviewer gets the manuscript
On acceptance, at the access level the editor set: abstract first, or full text.
The review is submitted
Complete against the structured format, by the deadline.
Payment is released
On submission of a complete review by the deadline.
Where our reviewers are
Reviewers from 20 countries.
Canada
Egypt
Ethiopia
India
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Italy
Lebanon
Malaysia
Malta
Mexico
Nigeria
Poland
Romania
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
Türkiye
United Kingdom
United States
For editors and for reviewers
For editors
Build a panel from reviewers who apply to your journal, then offer each manuscript to one of them at a price and deadline you set. You are charged when a reviewer confirms. Access is by application.
For reviewers
Sign in, complete a profile, and apply to the journals you want to review for. A journal sees you only when you apply. Once on a panel, you accept or decline each offer and are paid on submitting a complete review by the deadline, by bank transfer in more than 100 countries. Reviewers who sign in before 1 April 2027 are recorded as founding reviewers.
Integrity
Reviews follow a structured format, so completeness is checked rather than argued. If a journal and reviewer disagree, Peerclave decides. A journal cannot withhold payment on its own.