diff --git a/scipost_django/submissions/forms.py b/scipost_django/submissions/forms.py
index 929d3700d206241d6dd1a2e6fa97b35eaa87c9c7..9e1ab2b2e0673e6e89d9c2d667a5e04f010200d2 100644
--- a/scipost_django/submissions/forms.py
+++ b/scipost_django/submissions/forms.py
@@ -83,7 +83,10 @@ class SubmissionPoolSearchForm(forms.Form):
         max_length=128,
         required=False
     )
-    status = forms.ChoiceField(choices=SUBMISSION_STATUS, required=False)
+    status = forms.ChoiceField(
+        choices=((None, 'All submissions currently under evaluation'),) + SUBMISSION_STATUS,
+        required=False
+    )
     editor_in_charge = forms.ModelChoiceField(
         queryset=Fellowship.objects.active(),
         required=False
@@ -94,40 +97,19 @@ class SubmissionPoolSearchForm(forms.Form):
         self.helper = FormHelper()
         self.helper.layout = Layout(
             Div(
-                Div(
-                    FloatingField('acad_field'),
-                    css_class='col-lg-6'
-                ),
-                Div(
-                    FloatingField('specialties'),
-                    css_class='col-lg-6'
-                ),
+                Div(FloatingField('acad_field'), css_class='col-lg-6'),
+                Div(FloatingField('specialties'), css_class='col-lg-6'),
                 css_class='row mb-0'
             ),
             Div(
-                Div(
-                    FloatingField('author'),
-                    css_class='col-lg-6'
-                    ),
-                Div(
-                    FloatingField('title'),
-                    css_class='col-lg-6'
-                ),
+                Div(FloatingField('author'), css_class='col-lg-6'),
+                Div(FloatingField('title'), css_class='col-lg-6'),
                 css_class='row mb-0'
             ),
             Div(
-                Div(
-                    FloatingField('identifier'),
-                    css_class='col-lg-4'
-                ),
-                Div(
-                    FloatingField('status'),
-                    css_class='col-lg-4'
-                ),
-                Div(
-                    FloatingField('editor_in_charge'),
-                    css_class='col-lg-4'
-                ),
+                Div(FloatingField('identifier'), css_class='col-lg-3'),
+                Div(FloatingField('status'), css_class='col-lg-5'),
+                Div(FloatingField('editor_in_charge'), css_class='col-lg-4'),
                 css_class='row mb-0'
             ),
         )
diff --git a/scipost_django/submissions/managers/submission.py b/scipost_django/submissions/managers/submission.py
index 8377b6ae6aa80e24664b60bf6d8a2820921f04d9..144bf6b4981152da53b5123a63a587ec92aade48 100644
--- a/scipost_django/submissions/managers/submission.py
+++ b/scipost_django/submissions/managers/submission.py
@@ -67,11 +67,15 @@ class SubmissionQuerySet(models.QuerySet):
 
     def pool(self, user):
         """Return the user-dependent pool of Submissions in active referee phase."""
-        return self.pool_editable(user).filter(is_current=True, status__in=[
+        allowed_statuses = [
             constants.STATUS_UNASSIGNED,
             constants.STATUS_EIC_ASSIGNED,
             constants.STATUS_ACCEPTED,
-            constants.STATUS_ACCEPTED_AWAITING_PUBOFFER_ACCEPTANCE])
+            constants.STATUS_ACCEPTED_AWAITING_PUBOFFER_ACCEPTANCE
+        ]
+        if user.has_perm('scipost.can_oversee_refereeing'):
+            allowed_statuses.append(constants.STATUS_INCOMING)
+        return self.pool_editable(user).filter(is_current=True, status__in=allowed_statuses)
 
     def pool_editable(self, user):
         """Return the editable pool for a certain user.
diff --git a/scipost_django/submissions/views.py b/scipost_django/submissions/views.py
index 17afc37e6a0d41584acdb3f3a3b5e1eb1951c135..b559210177d98e3ad7beaa943895c1f7b0ca912b 100644
--- a/scipost_django/submissions/views.py
+++ b/scipost_django/submissions/views.py
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ from dal import autocomplete
 
 from .constants import (
     STATUS_ACCEPTED_AWAITING_PUBOFFER_ACCEPTANCE, STATUS_ACCEPTED, STATUS_REJECTED,
-    STATUS_VETTED, SUBMISSION_STATUS, STATUS_FAILED_PRESCREENING, STATUS_ASSIGNMENT_FAILED,
+    STATUS_VETTED, SUBMISSION_STATUS, STATUS_FAILED_PRESCREENING,
+    STATUS_UNASSIGNED, STATUS_ASSIGNMENT_FAILED,
     STATUS_DRAFT, CYCLE_DIRECT_REC, STATUS_COMPLETED, STATUS_DEPRECATED,
     EIC_REC_PUBLISH, EIC_REC_REJECT, DECISION_FIXED,
     FIGSHARE_PREPRINT_SERVERS)
@@ -771,7 +772,7 @@ def pool2(request):
     Listing of Submissions for purposes of editorial handling.
     """
     context = {
-        'form': SubmissionPoolSearchForm()
+        'form': SubmissionPoolSearchForm(initial={ 'status': STATUS_UNASSIGNED })
     }
     return render(request, 'submissions/pool/pool2.html', context)