Reviewer Guidelines

GUIDELINES FOR ABSTRACT REVIEWERS

Thank you for accepting the invitation to be a member of the abstract review panel for the 2025 National Allied Health Conference.

Below are some tips to assist you. Most importantly, please ensure you complete your reviews by Friday 11 April.

Reviewer Notes

• All abstracts will be blind reviewed by two reviewers.
• The Abstract review period will begin on 21 March 2025.
• We ask that all reviews are completed by 11 April 2025.
• We anticipate that reviewers will be allocated between 10 – 20 abstracts. Abstracts will not be more than 250 words and will be in a structured format.
• More information regarding the abstract submission process and presentation formats can be found on the conference website – https://iahc.au/abstract-submission/

Overview of the Abstract Reviewing process

The Abstract Reviewing process will be overseen by the NAHC Organising Committee.

Reviewers will be required to score each abstract on a scale of 1 to 5 in respect to the following criteria:
(1 = Very Poor, 2 = Poor, 3 = Average, 4 = Good, 5 = Excellent)

• The subject is original, contemporary and significant / relevant.
• The concept, methodology and supporting theory is sound.
• The abstract is clearly written and organised coherently.
• The results / findings are informative and comprehensive.
• The topic is of broad appeal.
• The subject clearly addresses one or more of the conference themes.

In addition to scoring against the above criteria, reviewers are asked to make;

• a suggestion (if applicable) of an alternate theme group that better suits the abstract;
• a recommendation to accept, accept in alternate presentation type, or reject;
• where a submission has been nominated for an award, accept the nomination if you agree it is eligible (more information about Awards can be found here com.au/awards-program);
• and provide confidential comments/recommendations regarding the submission to the Committee

Online Review Portal

• You can log into the reviewer portal automatically by clicking the link sent to you via email.
• To save your scoring and comments please click “Update”. You will be able to come back to the review later and make changes if required.
• Once you have finalised the review of an abstract select the “Completed” check box and Submit Completed Review.
• Once the review has been completed you will not be able to make changes.
• Should you have any questions or issues regarding the functionality of the portal please contact the Conference Secretariat at mail@conferencedesign.com.au.