diff --git a/scipost_django/scipost/templates/scipost/portal/_hx_submissions.html b/scipost_django/scipost/templates/scipost/portal/_hx_submissions.html
index a97314a37e2b98f354efc07d366e94f5c8e47c98..84783caef54a60b505b88c88ad8318407fc86495 100644
--- a/scipost_django/scipost/templates/scipost/portal/_hx_submissions.html
+++ b/scipost_django/scipost/templates/scipost/portal/_hx_submissions.html
@@ -1,50 +1,7 @@
-{% load journals_extras %}
-
 {% load crispy_forms_tags %}
 
-<div class="d-flex justify-content-between">
-  <button class="btn btn-outline-primary" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#submissionsSearch" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="submissionsSearch">
-    {% include 'bi/search.html' %}&emsp;Simple search / filter
-  </button>
-  <a class="btn btn-outline-primary ms-2" href="{% url 'scipost:search' %}">
-    {% include 'bi/binoculars-fill.html' %}... or use our advanced search API&emsp;{% include 'bi/arrow-right.html' %}
-  </a>
-</div>
-<div class="collapse" id="submissionsSearch">
-  <div class="card card-body">
-    <form
-	hx-post="{% url 'scipost:portal_hx_submissions_page' %}?page=1"
-	hx-trigger="load, keyup delay: 500ms, change"
-	hx-target="#submissions-search-results"
-	hx-indicator="#indicator-submissions-search"
-    >
-      <div id="submissions-search-form">{% crispy submissions_search_form %}</div>
-    </form>
-  </div>
-  <div id="indicator-submissions-search" class="htmx-indicator p-2">
-    <button class="btn btn-warning" type="button" disabled>
-      <strong>Loading...</strong>
-      <div class="spinner-grow spinner-grow-sm ms-2" role="status" aria-hidden="true"></div>
-    </button>
-  </div>
-</div>
-
-<h2 class="highlight mb-0">Submissions in {{ session_acad_field }}: {% if session_specialty %}{{ session_specialty }}{% else %}(all specialties){% endif %}</h2>
-
-<ul id="submissions-search-results" class="list-unstyled pool-list mt-2"></ul>
-
-
-
-{% block footer_script %}
-  <script nonce="{{ requeest.csp_nonce }}">
-    /* If Proceedings is chosen as Journal, display Proceedings selector */
-    document.getElementById("id_submitted_to").addEventListener("change", () => {
-    var e = document.getElementById("id_submitted_to")
-    if (e.options[e.selectedIndex].text.includes('Proceedings')) {
-    document.getElementById("row_proceedings").style.display = 'block'
-    } else {
-    document.getElementById("row_proceedings").style.display = 'none'
-    document.getElementById("id_proceedings").value = null
-    }
-    })
-{% endblock footer_script %}
+{% if reports_needed %}
+  {% include 'scipost/portal/_hx_submissions_base.html' with form=submissions_search_form name='reports_needed' reports_needed=reports_needed %}
+{% else %}
+  {% include 'scipost/portal/_hx_submissions_base.html' with form=submissions_search_form name='submissions' reports_needed=reports_needed %}
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/scipost_django/scipost/templates/scipost/portal/_hx_submissions_base.html b/scipost_django/scipost/templates/scipost/portal/_hx_submissions_base.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2ec2ec1e40839d376eb9db23f79499b683f85ad3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scipost_django/scipost/templates/scipost/portal/_hx_submissions_base.html
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+{% load journals_extras %}
+
+{% load crispy_forms_tags %}
+
+<div class="d-flex justify-content-between">
+  <button class="btn btn-outline-primary" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#{{ name }}Search" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="{{ name }}Search">
+    {% include 'bi/search.html' %}&emsp;Simple search / filter
+  </button>
+  <a class="btn btn-outline-primary ms-2" href="{% url 'scipost:search' %}">
+    {% include 'bi/binoculars-fill.html' %}... or use our advanced search API&emsp;{% include 'bi/arrow-right.html' %}
+  </a>
+</div>
+<div class="collapse" id="{{ name }}Search">
+  <div class="card card-body">
+    <form
+	hx-post="{% url 'scipost:portal_hx_submissions_page' %}?page=1{% if reports_needed %}&reports_needed=1{% endif %}"
+	hx-trigger="load, keyup delay: 500ms, change"
+	hx-target="#{{ name }}-search-results"
+	hx-indicator="#indicator-{{ name }}-search"
+    >
+      <div id="{{ name }}-search-form">{% crispy form %}</div>
+    </form>
+  </div>
+  <div id="indicator-{{ name }}-search" class="htmx-indicator p-2">
+    <button class="btn btn-warning" type="button" disabled>
+      <strong>Loading...</strong>
+      <div class="spinner-grow spinner-grow-sm ms-2" role="status" aria-hidden="true"></div>
+    </button>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+<h2 class="highlight mb-0">Submissions in {{ session_acad_field }}: {% if session_specialty %}{{ session_specialty }}{% else %}(all specialties){% endif %}</h2>
+
+{% if reports_needed %}
+  <div class="card m-2 border-2 text-center">
+    <div class="card-header m-0 p-0">
+      <h2 class="m-0 p-2 text-white bg-danger">
+	{% include 'bi/alarm-fill.html' %}&nbsp;Reports are needed on these Submissions
+      </h2>
+    </div>
+    <div class="card-body">
+      <h3>Please consider contributing a Report so we can minimize delays in editorial processing.</h3>
+      <p>To do so, please navigate to the Submission's page and click on the <strong>Contribute a Report</strong> link {% if not user.is_authenticated %}(login required){% endif %}
+    </div>
+  </div>
+
+  <hr>
+{% endif %}
+
+<ul id="{{ name }}-search-results" class="list-unstyled pool-list mt-2"></ul>
+
+
+
+{% block footer_script %}
+  <script nonce="{{ requeest.csp_nonce }}">
+    /* If Proceedings is chosen as Journal, display Proceedings selector */
+    document.getElementById("id_submitted_to").addEventListener("change", () => {
+    var e = document.getElementById("id_submitted_to")
+    if (e.options[e.selectedIndex].text.includes('Proceedings')) {
+    document.getElementById("row_proceedings").style.display = 'block'
+    } else {
+    document.getElementById("row_proceedings").style.display = 'none'
+    document.getElementById("id_proceedings").value = null
+    }
+    })
+{% endblock footer_script %}
diff --git a/scipost_django/scipost/templates/scipost/portal/_hx_submissions_page.html b/scipost_django/scipost/templates/scipost/portal/_hx_submissions_page.html
index 0beb2f9b24d9391b5e1b57a51cf13ba3a8de54da..1c51e184b7f5b857a640286a6bf1d3f05741cffc 100644
--- a/scipost_django/scipost/templates/scipost/portal/_hx_submissions_page.html
+++ b/scipost_django/scipost/templates/scipost/portal/_hx_submissions_page.html
@@ -1,31 +1,5 @@
-{% for submission in page_obj %}
-  <li class="list-group-item py-2">
-    {% include 'submissions/_submission_card_content_homepage.html' with submission=submission %}
-  </li>
-  <li class="list-group-item py-2">
-    {% include 'submissions/_submission_li.html' with submission=submission %}
-  </li>
-{% empty %}
-  <li class="list-group-item py-2">
-    No submissions yet
-  </li>
-{% endfor %}
-{% if page_obj.has_next %}
-  <li id="next-submissions-{{ page_obj.number }}">
-    <button class="btn btn-primary m-2" type="button"
-	    hx-post="{% url 'scipost:portal_hx_submissions_page' %}?page={{ page_obj.next_page_number }}"
-	    hx-include="#submissions-search-form"
-	    hx-target="#next-submissions-{{ page_obj.number }}"
-	    hx-swap="outerHTML"
-	    hx-indicator="#indicator-submissions-page-{{ page_obj.number }}"
-    >
-      Load page {{ page_obj.next_page_number }} (out of {{ page_obj.paginator.num_pages }})
-    </button>
-    <span id="indicator-submissions-page-{{ page_obj.number }}" class="htmx-indicator p-2">
-      <button class="btn btn-warning" type="button" disabled>
-	<strong>Loading page {{ page_obj.next_page_number }} out of {{ page_obj.paginator.num_pages }}</strong>
-	<div class="spinner-grow spinner-grow-sm ms-2" role="status" aria-hidden="true"></div>
-      </button>
-    </span>
-  </li>
+{% if reports_needed %}
+  {% include 'scipost/portal/_hx_submissions_page_base.html' with page_obj=page_obj name='reports_needed' reports_needed=reports_needed %}
+{% else %}
+  {% include 'scipost/portal/_hx_submissions_page_base.html' with page_obj=page_obj name='submissions' reports_needed=reports_needed %}
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/scipost_django/scipost/templates/scipost/portal/_hx_submissions_page_base.html b/scipost_django/scipost/templates/scipost/portal/_hx_submissions_page_base.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ad067ee40231f4c6c81991a70706c2b09cb1e59b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scipost_django/scipost/templates/scipost/portal/_hx_submissions_page_base.html
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{% for submission in page_obj %}
+  <li class="list-group-item py-2">
+    {% include 'submissions/_submission_card_content_homepage.html' with submission=submission %}
+  </li>
+{% empty %}
+  <li class="list-group-item py-2">
+    No submissions yet
+  </li>
+{% endfor %}
+{% if page_obj.has_next %}
+  <li id="next-{{ name }}-{{ page_obj.number }}">
+    <button class="btn btn-primary m-2" type="button"
+	    hx-post="{% url 'scipost:portal_hx_submissions_page' %}?page={{ page_obj.next_page_number }}{% if reports_needed %}&reports_needed=1{% endif %}"
+	    hx-include="#{{ name }}-search-form"
+	    hx-target="#next-{{ name }}-{{ page_obj.number }}"
+	    hx-swap="outerHTML"
+	    hx-indicator="#indicator-{{ name }}-page-{{ page_obj.number }}"
+    >
+      Load page {{ page_obj.next_page_number }} (out of {{ page_obj.paginator.num_pages }})
+    </button>
+    <span id="indicator-{{ name }}-page-{{ page_obj.number }}" class="htmx-indicator p-2">
+      <button class="btn btn-warning" type="button" disabled>
+	<strong>Loading page {{ page_obj.next_page_number }} out of {{ page_obj.paginator.num_pages }}</strong>
+	<div class="spinner-grow spinner-grow-sm ms-2" role="status" aria-hidden="true"></div>
+      </button>
+    </span>
+  </li>
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/scipost_django/scipost/templates/scipost/portal/portal.html b/scipost_django/scipost/templates/scipost/portal/portal.html
index 1bb8942fe314bcbc8da87c8397007cd2a920fb88..b72b54ee241cb79829515d0f30ea97ad2783b8c4 100644
--- a/scipost_django/scipost/templates/scipost/portal/portal.html
+++ b/scipost_django/scipost/templates/scipost/portal/portal.html
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     </li>
 
     <li class="nav-item" role="presentation">
-      <button class="nav-link" id="reports-needed-tab"
+      <button class="nav-link border border-warning" id="reports-needed-tab"
 	      data-bs-toggle="tab" data-bs-target="#reports-needed"
 	      type="button" role="tab"
 	      aria-controls="reports-needed" aria-selected="true">
@@ -105,7 +105,10 @@
 
     <div class="tab-pane fade" id="reports-needed"
 	 role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="reports-needed-tab">
-      Reports needed!
+      <div hx-get="{% url 'scipost:portal_hx_submissions' %}?reports_needed=1"
+	   hx-trigger="click from:#reports-needed-tab, session-acad-field-set[document.getElementById('reports-needed').classList.contains('active')] from:body, session-specialty-set[document.getElementById('reports-needed').classList.contains('active')] from:body"
+      >
+      </div>
     </div>
 
     <div class="tab-pane fade" id="reports"
diff --git a/scipost_django/scipost/views.py b/scipost_django/scipost/views.py
index accbc6c079251a39815e4510a96ba810bed89111..8798ceb1551ec36f331dba5f70254647fca7ffaa 100644
--- a/scipost_django/scipost/views.py
+++ b/scipost_django/scipost/views.py
@@ -234,12 +234,15 @@ def portal_hx_publications_page(request):
 
 
 def portal_hx_submissions(request):
+    reports_needed = request.GET.get('reports_needed', False)
     form = SubmissionSearchForm(
         acad_field_slug=request.session.get('session_acad_field_slug', None),
-        specialty_slug=request.session.get('session_specialty_slug', None)
+        specialty_slug=request.session.get('session_specialty_slug', None),
+        reports_needed=reports_needed
     )
     context = {
-        'submissions_search_form': form
+        'submissions_search_form': form,
+        'reports_needed': reports_needed
     }
     return render(request, 'scipost/portal/_hx_submissions.html', context)
 
@@ -247,10 +250,12 @@ def portal_hx_submissions(request):
 def portal_hx_submissions_page(request):
     session_acad_field_slug = request.session.get('session_acad_field_slug', None)
     session_specialty_slug = request.session.get('session_specialty_slug', None)
+    reports_needed = request.GET.get('reports_needed', False)
     form = SubmissionSearchForm(
         request.POST or None,
         acad_field_slug=session_acad_field_slug,
         specialty_slug=session_specialty_slug,
+        reports_needed=reports_needed
     )
     if form.is_valid():
         submissions = form.search_results()
@@ -263,7 +268,10 @@ def portal_hx_submissions_page(request):
     paginator = Paginator(submissions, 10)
     page_nr = request.GET.get('page')
     page_obj = paginator.get_page(page_nr)
-    context = { 'page_obj': page_obj }
+    context = {
+        'page_obj': page_obj,
+        'reports_needed': reports_needed
+    }
     return render(request, 'scipost/portal/_hx_submissions_page.html', context)
 
 
diff --git a/scipost_django/submissions/forms.py b/scipost_django/submissions/forms.py
index dd5c6e69a9d0a0138d26b6f561de17e83ff8099d..298b2fb8cce48d60d15c9a54eaaf1a47dd7ebe28 100644
--- a/scipost_django/submissions/forms.py
+++ b/scipost_django/submissions/forms.py
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ class SubmissionSearchForm(forms.Form):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.acad_field_slug = kwargs.pop('acad_field_slug')
         self.specialty_slug = kwargs.pop('specialty_slug')
+        self.reports_needed = kwargs.pop('reports_needed')
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         if self.acad_field_slug:
             self.fields['submitted_to'].queryset = Journal.objects.filter(
@@ -136,6 +137,9 @@ class SubmissionSearchForm(forms.Form):
             submissions = submissions.filter(
                 preprint__identifier_w_vn_nr__icontains=self.cleaned_data.get('identifier')
             )
+        if self.reports_needed:
+            submissions = submissions.actively_refereeing(
+            ).open_for_reporting().order_by('submission_date')
         return submissions
 
 
diff --git a/scipost_django/submissions/templates/submissions/pool/_referee_invitations.html b/scipost_django/submissions/templates/submissions/pool/_referee_invitations.html
index a998d47dc575e865112e3a175261b46236268fa4..fbbf24fcb84245d8cc0248ac7914280e667ee32f 100644
--- a/scipost_django/submissions/templates/submissions/pool/_referee_invitations.html
+++ b/scipost_django/submissions/templates/submissions/pool/_referee_invitations.html
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@
       </tr>
     {% endfor %}
 
-    {# {% if submission.refereeing_cycle != 'direct_rec' and submission.is_open_for_reporting %} #}
     {% if submission.in_refereeing_phase %}
       <tr class="bg-white">
         <td class="text-center py-3" colspan="9">