My school has an institutional account but when I try to use ExpressO I am not recognized as a faculty member there and ExpressO asks me for my credit card number for payment. What is going on?
Double check you are using the correct email address, with the correct companion password,
Double check that both the username and the password are spelled correctly (passwords are case sensitive)
Please be sure that you are using your school email account as this is used to verify authors' institutional account status.
If you are using your school email address and there is still a problem, contact us at . It is likely that you will need to be added to the list of authorized users.
Do I choose where to submit my manuscript or does my paper go out to all 550+ law reviews?
You select which reviews you would like to send your manuscript to be considered. You can search by title, browse by category and Top 100 ranking (based upon US News & World Report rankings ).
Can I select reviews, save my selection and return later to submit my manuscript?
Unfortunately not. ExpressO will not save the reviews to which you want to send. ExpressO will save the list of reviews that received your manuscript from a completed order. You have access to this list on your MY ACCOUNT page.
Can I individualize the cover letters going to different reviews, or later update the contents or date of a cover letter in a resubmission?
We do not mail-merge cover letters or individualize them. Whether or not ExpressO is used as the delivery mechanism, law review editors are aware that authors are submitting to multiple law reviews simultaneously. Addressing a general cover letter to "Dear Editors" is more than acceptable. Once a cover letter is uploaded, it is part of your submission record and cannot be altered in our system. If you are resubmitting an article to a review and want the current date or new information included, you will have to go through the entire process as a new submission.
An editor tells me my submission file is corrupt. Did ExpressO alter my manuscript in any way?
ExpressO redelivers the submission files unaltered. This is always true of Word files. The only exception concerns Word Perfect submissions. In order to increase the number of law reviews available to authors who use Word Perfect, ExpressO converts such submissions to PDF format. It then delivers that version to law reviews who accept PDF but not Word Perfect. We are not aware of any such files being corrupted in this process.
The most common reasons that an editor reports an error in your file is:
you uploaded the wrong file, for example, your CV file as your manuscript file;
you converted the file from WordPerfect to Word, introducing corrupt text (often invisible to you on your computer).
If I want to reach more reviews can't I just convert my file from WordPerfect to Microsoft Word?
We do not recommended this. Your manuscript may be corrupted during the conversion in small but significant ways. It's possible the paper may look fine on your machine, but will not to an editor.
Some law reviews want submissions to be anonymous, while many want to know the identity of the author and even prefer a resume. Does your system have a way to differentiate and deliver accordingly?
Anonymity refers to author identification in the body of the manuscript, not the cover letter or CV. If your submission choices include anonymous submission reviews, we recommend using a cover page for the article, and not to refer to yourself in the article text. Editors can then simply remove the cover page when assigning the article to their reviewers, if they wish.
Does your system provide any indication of which journals are still reviewing articles and which effectively are shut down until next year?
Yes. We mark reviews as full as soon as we learn that a review is closed, either by the review telling us or second hand by an author. To view a list of reviews that are full right now, please visit our Law Reviews that are temporarily full page.
Some law reviews have their own sites for electronic submission, which they say is the preferred method. If I submit to these journals via ExpressO, will you be using those same sites?
A few law reviews have implemented exclusive Web forms, and ask that authors submit their manuscripts directly into these online submission systems. Law reviews that have Web-based submission systems are identified in ExpressO by a double-dagger symbol: ‡. ExpressO does not integrate with these disparate systems, but all of these reviews also accept submissions via ExpressO. Rest assured we work with these reviews to meet their specific submission preferences. This includes removing an author's name and institutional affiliation from his/her paper and switching deliveries from hardcopy to electronic for the summer. Authors who want to reduce the administrative burden on law review support staffs should consider submitting to these journals directly, using their Web forms. Authors will be required to complete a submission form and upload their files separately for each review. In some cases authors will also be required to create a password-protected account and remove their name, institution, and other identifying information from the manuscript.
I made a mistake with my submission! What can I do?
We can correct and replace hardcopy submissions if you alert us in time, before noon of that business day, when packages are usually prepared. Electronic submissions are another matter, since ExpressO redelivers immediately upon completing your order. You may log onto your account and alert your selected law review to the issue and asking them to reply to you for a corrected version.
Yes. If a law review has asked for submissions to be suspended until a later date then will hold any submissions to that review until the date specified by the law review.
How are authors to identify the hold for later law reviews?
There is a list of them on our Law Reviews that are temporarily full page. Additionally all such reviews have the following text next to their names during selection: "account temporarily suspended at editor's request. All deliveries will be held for delivery on month, day."
Are law reviews aware of which other reviews have received the same submission through ExpressO?
No. When an author submits to several law reviews concurrently, only he or she is aware of the recipient list. The law reviews do not have access to this information.
Will I receive confirmation from law reviews that they received the manuscript?
Some editors may directly confirm receipt. We have made it easy as possible for them to confirm within the ExpressO system, by adding a confirmation link in the submission email. You can check if a review has confirmed receipt by going to your account.
If I did not get a confirmation receipt from a journal does that mean they did not get my paper?
They almost assuredly got your paper. Unfortunately, confirmation of electronic deliveries requires that the recipient perform an action (clicking on a link in the email). While we have attempted to make confirmation as easy as possible, many law review editors do not comply.
You can always use our system to ask these law reviews for confirmation.
During peak submission periods law reviews mail box can become full. When electronic submissions bounce, we contact the law review and ask them to empty their inboxes, or provide us with alternate email address. Once they have cleared their inbox, we resend all outstanding submissions. For your convenience, we may suspend submissions to law reviews with chronic bounces until they correct the problem.
Will anyone look at the printed versions of the article before they are mailed to the law reviews?
Yes, we check the papers during printing for formatting problems and missing contact information. We try to correct these problems whenever possible, contacting the author if necessary. However, we do not proofread, edit, or otherwise alter the content of the manuscripts.
Yes. Each author's MY ACCOUNT page shows the date and time of all deliveries. For electronic deliveries, this will match the date and time that the manuscript was uploaded. For hardcopy deliveries, we record the date and time at which we delivered the submission parcel to the U.S. Postal Service.
One of my submissions appears not to have arrived.
If ExpressO indicates your article was mailed, but there is no confirmation of delivery, then almost certainly the U.S. mail carrier has neglected to scan the package's confirmation number on delivery.
My account says the paper was delivered to the law review but they have not record of it.
It is not unusual for a paper to take several days to get through the campus mailroom to the law review. The potential delay is of course the same for ExpressO and non-ExpressO submissions alike.
Can I request expedited review for submissions made through ExpressO?
Yes. You may request expedited reviews from editors for any of your submissions by logging onto your MY ACCOUNT page, and clicking on the EXPEDITE link.
Why are not all the law reviews I submitted to available to me to expedite to?
Because of the way our system interacts with them, only reviews taking electronic submissions are available for expedite requests. You must contact the small percentage of reviews taking paper deliveries individually for expedite requests.
Is there a way to use ExpressO to notify the journals still considering my essay that it is no longer available?
Yes. From your MY ACCOUNT page, click on the MANAGE link for your submission. Then use the CONTACT LAW REVIEWS option to send a message to selected law reviews.
I have a publication offer. Should I take my paper out of the ExpressO Preprint Series?
Sharing a "working" version of a paper with other legal scholars rarely interferes with the publication of your paper. Most papers in the ExpressO Preprint Series have been published in journals, but continue to be available in some earlier form on our site. With that said, there are a few reviews which ask authors to remove all previous versions of their papers from Web sites. If you receive such a request, or if you simply would feel more comfortable to withdraw your paper from the site, just let us know the title of the paper, and we will remove it for you.