• Current affiliation and contact details
• Areas of expertise and methodological skills
• Recent publications or clinical experience
• Availability and preferred review load

Detailed keywords improve reviewer matching and reduce delays in assigning alcohol research manuscripts.

Reviewers should respond promptly to invitations and complete reviews within agreed timelines.

Reviewers are expected to provide constructive, unbiased assessments and to disclose any conflicts of interest.

• Addiction medicine and clinical treatment
• Epidemiology and population health
• Behavioral interventions and prevention
• Neurobiology and pharmacology
• Policy analysis and health economics

Providing detailed keywords helps the editorial team match manuscripts efficiently and improve the quality of peer review.

Reviewer profiles are used to match manuscripts by topic and methodology. Updated profiles reduce delays and ensure balanced reviewer selection.

Update your profile annually or when research focus changes so invitations match your expertise and availability.

Let the editorial office know your preferred review load and typical turnaround time. This helps maintain a predictable review schedule for authors.

Complete profiles improve reviewer matching and reduce the time from submission to first decision.

• Primary and secondary subject areas
• Methodological expertise and tools
• Recent publications or clinical experience
• Preferred review timelines

Providing accurate availability helps the editorial office avoid conflicts and manage review timelines effectively.

Reviewers should disclose conflicts promptly and decline assignments that overlap with close collaborators or competing interests.

Clear conflict disclosure supports fair and unbiased peer review.

Accurate contact information helps the editorial office send timely invitations.

Consistent engagement improves the overall review timeline.

Reviewers who update profiles receive more relevant invitations.

Accurate profiles reduce review delays.

They improve assignment accuracy.

This improves review efficiency.

It reduces administrative back and forth.

It supports timely invitations.

It supports balanced reviewer pools.

It supports timely decisions.

It supports quality.

It matters.