diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 35950d6..7c799ac 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ The script will upload everything from **the helper `repo` folder** to the `DATA
 python dataverse.py 9s3-7d46-hd https://demo.dataverse.org/ doi:10.70122/FK2/LVUADQ user/my-repo -p TRUE
 ```
 
+- To upload files and submit the data record for review:
+
+```
+python dataverse.py 9s3-7d46-hd https://demo.dataverse.org/ doi:10.70122/FK2/LVUADQ user/my-repo -p FALSE -rev TRUE
+```
+
 - To upload files from a single folder, use:
 
 ```
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e7ac2ac..6b94f30 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ To use this action, you will need the following input parameters:
 | `GITHUB_DIR` | No | Use `GITHUB_DIR` if you would like to upload files from only one or more subdirectories in your GitHub repository (i.e., `data/`, `plots/`).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
 | `DELETE` | No | Can be `True` or `False` (by default `True`) depending on whether all files should be deleted in the dataset on Dataverse before upload.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
 | `PUBLISH` | No | Can be `True` or `False` (by default `False`) depending on whether you'd like to automatically create a new version of the dataset upon upload. If `False`, the uploaded dataset will be a `DRAFT`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
+| `REVIEW` | No | Can be `True` or `False` (by default `False`) depending on whether you'd like to automatically submit the dataset for review upon upload. If `True`, the uploaded dataset will be a `In Review`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
 
 ## Usage
 
@@ -109,6 +110,22 @@ steps:
       PUBLISH: True
 ```
 
+If you would like the action to submit the dataset for review instead:
+
+```
+steps:
+  - name: Send repo to Dataverse 
+    uses: IQSS/dataverse-uploader@v1.6
+    with:
+      DATAVERSE_TOKEN: ${{secrets.DATAVERSE_TOKEN}}
+      DATAVERSE_SERVER: https://demo.dataverse.org
+      DATAVERSE_DATASET_DOI: doi:10.70122/FK2/LVUA
+      GITHUB_DIR: data
+      DELETE: False
+      PUBLISH: False
+      REVIEW: True
+```
+
 ## Q&A
 
 1. **If you change the content of your GitHub repository, are the changes synchronized in Dataverse? Otherwise, is it possible to synchronize them automatically?**
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 151c42f..a752935 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ inputs:
       required: false
       description: "publish after upload"
       default: 'false'
+    REVIEW:
+      required: false
+      description: "submit for review after upload"
+      default: 'false'
 
 runs:
     using: "composite"
@@ -56,3 +60,4 @@ runs:
             -d "${{inputs.GITHUB_DIR}}" 
             -r "${{inputs.DELETE}}" 
             -p "${{inputs.PUBLISH}}" 
+            -rev "${{inputs.REVIEW}}"
diff --git a/dataverse.py b/dataverse.py
index 7fac891..4bf56b9 100644
--- a/dataverse.py
+++ b/dataverse.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import sys
 import argparse
 from time import sleep
 from os.path import join
@@ -26,10 +27,20 @@ def parse_arguments():
         "-p", "--publish", help="Publish a new dataset version after upload.", \
         choices=('True', 'TRUE', 'true', 'False', 'FALSE', 'false'), \
         default='false')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-rev", "--review", help="Submit the dataset for review after upload.",
+        choices=("True", "TRUE", "true", "False", "FALSE", "false"),
+        default="false",
+    )
 
     args_ = parser.parse_args()
     return args_
 
+def extract_lock():
+    """ Extracts the lock information for the dataset"""
+    query_str = dataverse_server + "/api/datasets/" + str(dataset_dbid) + "/locks/"
+    locks = requests.get(query_str, auth=(token, ""))
+    return locks
 
 def check_dataset_lock(num):
     """ Gives Dataverse server more time for upload """
@@ -38,12 +49,9 @@ def check_dataset_lock(num):
           str(dataset_dbid) + '\nTry again later!')
         return
 
-    query_str = dataverse_server + \
-         '/api/datasets/' + str(dataset_dbid) + '/locks/'
-    resp_ = requests.get(query_str, auth = (token, ""))
-    locks = resp_.json()['data']
+    locks_data = locks.json()["data"]
 
-    if bool(locks):
+    if bool(locks_data):
         print('Lock found for dataset id ' + \
            str(dataset_dbid) + '\n... sleeping...')
         sleep(2)
@@ -51,6 +59,15 @@ def check_dataset_lock(num):
     return
 
 
+def stop_if_dataset_under_review():
+    if "InReview" in locks.text:
+        sys.exit(
+            "InReview lock found for dataset id "
+            + str(dataset_dbid)
+            + ". A dataset under review cannot be modified."
+        )
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     args = parse_arguments()
     token = args.token
@@ -60,6 +77,8 @@ def check_dataset_lock(num):
     dataset = api.get_dataset(args.doi)
     files_list = dataset.json()['data']['latestVersion']['files']
     dataset_dbid = dataset.json()['data']['id']
+    locks = extract_lock()
+    stop_if_dataset_under_review()
 
     if args.remove.lower() == 'true':
         # the following deletes all the files in the dataset
@@ -71,7 +90,7 @@ def check_dataset_lock(num):
                 delete_api + str(fileid), \
                 auth = (token  , ""))
 
-    # check if there is a list of dirs to upload 
+    # check if there is a list of dirs to upload
     paths = ['repo']
     if args.dir:
         dirs = args.dir.strip().replace(",", " ")
@@ -102,3 +121,16 @@ def check_dataset_lock(num):
     if args.publish.lower() == 'true':
         # publish updated dataset
         resp = api.publish_dataset(args.doi, release_type="major")
+
+    if args.review.lower() == "true":
+        headers = {
+            "X-Dataverse-key": token,
+        }
+        payload = {
+            "persistentId": args.doi,
+        }
+        response = requests.post(
+            dataverse_server + "/api/datasets/:persistentId/submitForReview",
+            params=payload,
+            headers=headers,
+        )