Reviewer guidlines

The review process is an important aspect of the publication process of an article. It helps an editor in making decision on an article and also enables the author to improve the manuscript.

The Responsibility of the Peer Reviewer
The peer reviewer is responsible for critically reading and evaluating a manuscript in their specialty field, and then providing respectful, constructive, and honest feedback to authors about their submission. It is appropriate for the Peer Reviewer to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the article, ways to improve the strength and quality of the work, and evaluate the relevance and originality of the manuscript.

Before accepting to review a manuscript reviewers should ensure that:

the manuscript is within their area of expertise.
they can dedicate the appropriate time to conduct a critical review of the manuscript.

they have no conflicts of interest and recuse themselves from the peer-review process if a conflict exists.
they can ensure confidentiality during and after the review process.

Reviews should be honest and objective.

Review reports

In evaluating a manuscript, reviewers should focus on the following:

Originality
Contribution to the field
Technical quality
Clarity of presentation
Depth of research.

Timeliness

Reviewers should only accept manuscript that they are confident that they can dedicate appropriate time in reviewing. Thus, reviewers should review and return manuscripts in a timely manner.

For their convenience, we have developed a Review Form acceptable to our Journal. The reviewer should fill out the Form and upload it on the Journal website.

Recommendations

Reviewers’ recommendation should be either: