For Reviewers

Guidelines for Reviewers

• Reviewers help the editor in making decisions about the reviewed manuscript, whether it should be accepted in its current form, requires correction or should be rejected.
• Reviewers are asked to assess the scientific value of the manuscript and provide comments and recommendations of the manuscript they have reviewed.
• Reviewers should be objective and give constructive and clear comments to the manuscript to help authors improve their manuscript.
• Reviewers should not reveal their identity in the review to the author.
• Reviewers must always maintain confidentiality and not use information gained from reviewed manuscript for their own benefit.
• Reviewers should disclose any potential conflicts of interest that may be considered biased against the author or article.
• The standards and recommendations of the Committee on Publishing Ethics (COPE) guidelines should be followed by reviewers.