Internal CNMAT peer review is required for all papers you submit with a CNMAT affiliation.
We use the Drupal Case Tracker, Publications nodes and Calendar to organize this process.

Create a case for each paper for the primary author.
Develop notes on the content as comments to that node.
Use the Case Tracker to flag the papers motion through the submission/acceptation/publishing process.
Post drafts to this node for coauthors and internal reviewers to review.
Flag the node with the appropriate Research group checkboxes (and any other relavent taxonomy term). This node
should not be public.
Eventually post the paper (publicly if possible) through a publication node.

Use events in the Research Calendar to post the calls and conference dates for upcoming conferences.