Peer Review Software Made for Academics

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Take the Complexity Out of Peer Review Management

Adapt It to Your Context

Make no compromise with highly customizable forms, single/double-blind options, data visibility settings and revision flows.

Automate Your Workflow

Avoid tedious manipulations with intelligent reviewer assignments, streamlined feedback sharing and built-in program builder.

Meet Your Deadlines

Stay on schedule with real-time tracking of the review progress, the ability to make adjustments along the way and email reminders.

Flexible Evaluation Workflows

Use customizable scoring forms with qualitative and quantitative questions, ensuring data driven decisions.

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Smart Reviewer Assignment

Automatically or manually distribute submissions based on custom criteria and ensure fair distribution.

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Structured Feedback & Decision Management

Aggregate scores, filter by presentation type, and easily finalize decisions while maintaining transparency for authors.

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Something for Everyone

Total Control, Zero Chaos

Assign, track, and manage peer reviews effortlessly, all in one place.

Create custom criteria and scoring
Automatically or manually assign submissions
Track real-time reviewer progress and send reminders
Easily manage the author revision process

Effortless Reviewing

Access assigned submissions, provide feedback, and track deadlines seamlessly.

Access your assigned submissions easily
See the submission and the reviewing form side-by-side
Provide feedback easily with clear structured forms
Track your progress and deadlines

Seamless Decision-Making

Access review outcomes, finalize decisions, and build sessions effortlessly.

View consolidated reviewer feedback in a single dashboard
Accept or reject submissions based on clear scoring
Send acceptance or rejection notifications
Oversee the final program and group accepted work into sessions

Transparent & Efficient Feedback

Easily submit, track, and receive structured feedback on your work.

Submit work in multiple formats (Text, Word, PDF, PPT, etc.)
Track submission status in real time
Receive structured, actionable reviewer feedback

Without Fourwaves

Workdays lost due to manual assignements
Inconsistent feedback due to unstructured reviews
Frustrated reviewers
Wasted time running after spreadsheets
Missed deadlines that delay your planning
Non-registered speakers impossible to find

With Fourwaves

A smart and automated reviewer assignment engine
Standardized, structured feedback for clarity
Happy reviewers
Centralized data, always up to date
Deadlines met, stress reduced
Every speaker is registered and easy to track

Customizable Forms

Tailor your reviewing forms to your needs with qualitative and quantitative fields.

Blind Review Options

Reduce bias and ensure anonymity with single- or double-blind settings.

Automated Assignments

Batch assign reviewers to submissions based on custom constraints.

Communicate Decisions

Contact authors to ask for revisions or notify them of acceptance and next steps.

Collaborative Feedback

Decide which reviewer feedback authors can see, if any.

Easy Revisions

Share files with tracked changes from reviewers to authors automatically.

Unlimited Reviewers

Scale seamlessly with no reviewer limits, making it easy to accommodate more team members.

Track-specific Committee

Allocate specific tracks to committee members so they focus on content within their area of expertise.

Easy Data Export & Insights

Download reviews, scores, and decisions in multiple formats.

Build Your Program

Create sessions and build your program with the top scored submissions.

Export your Proceedings

Export accepted abstracts in a Word document including images and submission information.

Generic Platforms Don't Get it. We do.

Unlike generic event software, we know what academic events need and we've built-it to save you the extra work.

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Smarter Assignments

Prevent conflicts and manual work with automated reviewer assignments and specialized committees by track.

Specialized to Academics

Built specifically for research-focused events, you won't need to make dreadful compromises.

All-in-one Conference Software

Streamline your whole conference management with integrated registration, conference program and website.

Frequently Asked Questions

You can add any required questions and specify exactly what reviewers should consider for each one.

You can include scoring questions (out of 5, 10, or any scale you prefer) to establish a grade, file uploads (e.g., a Word document annotated by the reviewer), free-text comments for the program chair, multiple-choice options, and much more.

You can hide submitters’ and authors’ identifying details from reviewers, and also hide reviewers’ names from authors if you choose to share the results with them.

Our intelligent algorithm assigns reviewers based on the target number of reviews and the topics covered, while preventing conflicts of interest to ensure a balanced process.

You can manually adjust assignments when needed.

Yes! Your submissions are grouped by the committee’s decision, and you can easily contact authors to inform them of the status and provide details on the next steps.

You decide! Choose which parts of the review form are visible to authors and when they are shared. Authors can access them directly from their dashboard.

Yes, you can export all files into clearly labeled folders and generate a uniform Word document containing all information from accepted submissions, allowing you to create a structured abstract booklet by session, presentation type, or other criteria, for the conference or for publication purposes.

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The review module cut my time down so much. We had over 120 reviewers and 530 abstracts. It went smoothly, no chaos, thanks to Fourwaves.

Brittany Knight

PhD, Director of Operations, USASP

Fourwaves completely transformed our approach to managing proposals. Our review committee, 45 people strong, praised its simplicity and effectiveness. It was so seamless, our team wishes they could use it for grant submissions and award nominations too.

Abbie Gill

Conference Organizer, Virginia Tech

The Fourwaves platform has centralized everything into one convenient location, both for organizers and attendees. Our team is able to efficiently review posters submitted by investigators and make them public to view on the day of the event.

Todd A. Barnash

Research Manager, College of Medicine, University of Florida

The platform is easy to use, reasonably priced and the support team is very helpful. We faced no technical challenges at all. Fourwaves is a pleasure to work with!

Randy Gollub

Professor, Harvard Medical School

The conference concluded with great success, leaving sponsors, collaborators, and attendees highly satisfied. Based on my experience, Fourwaves is an excellent platform. Your work is exceptional!

Shoupeng Liu

Outreach and Strategic Partnerships in Asia, AAAS

The team at Fourwaves has been incredibly responsive to all of our technical support needs. They always approached every situation with a solutions-oriented mindset, which made a big difference. It’s been a real pleasure working with them.

Jillian L. Delos Reyes

Program Director, Tulane University

The virtual event with the poster sessions went very well. Really well done, the platform is very useful and very well organized. The customer service is excellent.

Intissar Abbaoui

RSBO Coordinator, McGill

Fourwaves is a great interactive easy to use platform for small or large conferences. The team is prompt, friendly and very helpful.

Lani Hearn

Administration Officer, University of Queensland

Our undergraduate student research conference was tremendously successful. Fourwaves played a key role in our success. A terrific product.

Donna Thompson

Laboratory Technician, Mount Saint Vincent University

Fourwaves was the perfect platform for our event. It was exactly what we needed and within budget as well. Participants felt registration and submission of their abstracts was very easy without any complicated steps.

Julie Amato

University of Toronto

Our experience has been fantastic. Everyone reported a smooth experience from registrations, to submissions, and the event itself. We especially appreciated asynchronous engagements (upvoting, comments, etc). We are looking forward to next year’s event!

Lorrien Lake-Corral

Associate Professor, University of Maine

I appreciate the amazing support you and your team have given to this project. Thank you for your perseverance and for successfully executing the project within the tight timeframe we had!