JudgeWise

See JudgeWise in action

A quick walkthrough of running an expert-driven competition end to end — from submissions to finalists. The screens below are from a real sample competition.

1

Your competition at a glance

One dashboard tracks submissions, experts, assignments, and review progress — so you always know where things stand.

JudgeWise dashboard showing papers, reviewers, assignments, and review progress
2

Set your rubric and competition settings

Define weighted scoring criteria, reviewers-per-paper, the deadline, and how many finalists to pick — plus the matching weights and your own field-specific taxonomy.

Rubric & Settings page with scoring parameters and matching taxonomy
3

Add submissions — with blind-review checks

Import submissions in bulk or one at a time. Fields are extracted automatically, and an AI check flags any file that accidentally reveals author identity before review begins.

Papers page with submissions and anonymization badges
4

Add experts and auto-fill their expertise

Import an expert list or add people manually — JudgeWise can fill in their topic areas from the web. Track who has accepted, reviewed, and confirmed at a glance.

Reviewers page listing experts with expertise tags and statuses
5

Flag conflicts of interest before matching

Scan every expert against every submission and auto-exclude conflicts — own submissions, shared institutions, and recent co-authors — so no one is ever assigned work they shouldn't see. You can add manual conflicts too.

Conflicts of interest page with the COI scan rules and detected conflicts
6

Invite your experts

Generate branded “will you serve?” invitations and send them in a click. Experts accept or decline with one click, and the status updates automatically — all editable from your own templates.

Emails page with invitation, assignment, and reminder controls
7

Auto-match submissions to the right experts

One click proposes globally-optimal assignments by subject-area overlap, while respecting per-expert load limits and excluding the conflicts you flagged. Tweak per submission before sending.

Assignments page showing auto-matched experts per submission
8

Send assignments, logins & reminders

Email each expert their assigned submissions and a one-click login, then nudge anyone running late with reminders. Every email — invitation, assignment, reminder, results — is branded to your competition and yours to edit.

Editable, branded email templates for invitations, assignments, and reminders
9

See every score side by side

Experts score submissions on your weighted rubric. The review summary compares scores across experts and submissions so nothing slips through.

Review summary comparing scores across experts and submissions
10

Compute finalists

Weighted results rank the field automatically and surface borderline cases for a closer look — then notify finalists and participants in a click.

Results page with ranked finalists

Ready to run yours?

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