Review Guidelines

Standards, Responsibilities, and Ethical Practices for Reviewers

Purpose of Peer Review

Peer review ensures that manuscripts:

• Meet standards of academic excellence
• Demonstrate originality and scientific rigor
• Provide meaningful contributions to the field
• Adhere to ethical research and publication practices

Reviewers are expected to provide objective, constructive, and evidence-based feedback that assists editors in decision-making and helps authors improve their work.

Reviewer Responsibilities

• Maintain Confidentiality: All manuscripts and associated materials must be treated as confidential documents. Reviewers must not share, discuss, or use manuscript content for personal advantage.
• Provide Objective and Constructive Feedback: Reviews should be professional, unbiased, and focused on the academic merits of the work. Personal criticism of the authors is inappropriate.
• Declare Conflicts of Interest: Reviewers must disclose any conflicts of interest (financial, professional, institutional, or personal) that could influence their evaluation.
• Assess Ethical Compliance: Reviewers should identify potential ethical concerns, including plagiarism, duplicate publication, data fabrication, unethical research practices, or improper authorship.
• Adhere to Timelines: Reviewers should submit their evaluations within the agreed review period. If unable to meet deadlines, reviewers must inform the editorial office promptly.

Evaluation Criteria

• Originality and Novelty: Does the manuscript present new insights, findings, or perspectives?
• Scientific / Methodological Rigor: Are research design, methods, and analyses appropriate and robust?
• Relevance and Contribution: Does the work significantly contribute to the journal’s scope and discipline?
• Clarity and Organization: Is the manuscript logically structured and clearly written?
• Validity of Results and Conclusions: A