But sometimes you may not have the necessary expertise or, on rare instances, may just be extremely busy. You might also be facing a personal or professional crisis. In such instances you should immediately notify the journal that you will be unable to review the article. Thus, there will be little adverse impact on the review cycle time. We are all to blame - reviewers, editors, and authors.
Papers spend considerable time on desks or in the mail.
As we have discussed in a June of 1993 editorial statement, the Quarterly is committed to Cycle-Time Reduction for Disseminating Scholarly Research. The best way to get to be a reviewer is to be nominated by a member of the editorial board. If you wish to be nominated make that fact known to members of the editorial board with whom you have shared research interests. A history of writing high quality, value adding reviews for MIS Quarterly. Nominated Prospective members are usually brought to our attention by current board members.