Dear all,

I am writing a paper as preparation for my viva. The journal to which I want to send it requests me to propose reviewers. Obviously I am aware of the key authors in my field, yet am not sure whether I should bring these forward, as I do not know them personally, they are probably very busy people and, I am sure, have very high standards. Alternatively I can propose some people from my closer environment or I can leave it blank.

Has any of you any experience in this and what did you do?:-)

By the way, how is everyone's viva preparation going?:-)

hi rick,

What I usually do -

Check reference list of my manuscript for authors who have submitted to the said journal. If I have not referenced any articles from the journal then I'll be worried.

Hope it helps..

Thanks Ellmize,

I agree that it is good to have references from the journal you are submitting to in your manuscript. On the same line it may also be a good strategy to pick potential reviewers from the reference list. Perhaps the danger is that only a small group of people would get invitations to review, making that they may refuse or it may take a long time to get a reply.

:-)

Sorry, should be Elmizze.