Instructions for Reviewers

Since qualified manuscript review is essential to the publication process, all experts have an obligation to do their fair share of reviews.

If a reviewer feels inadequately qualified or lacks the time to fairly judge the work reported, the reviewer should immediately notify the editor and promptly return the manuscript.

A review shall objectively judge the quality of a manuscript on its own merit and shall respect the intellectual independence of the author(s). 

A reviewer shall avoid conflicts of interest and/or the appearance thereof.  If a manuscript submitted for review presents a potential conflict of interest or the reviewer has a personal bias, the reviewer shall return the manuscript promptly without review and so shall advise the editor.

A reviewer shall treat a manuscript received for review as confidential document and shall neither disclose nor discuss it with others except, as necessary, with persons from whom specific advice may be sought; in that event, the identities of those consulted shall be disclosed to the editor.

Reviewers shall explain and support judgments adequately so that the editor and authors may understand the bases for their comments.  Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument has been previously reported shall be accompanied by the relevant citation.

A reviewer shall call to the editor’s attention any substantial similarity between the manuscript under consideration and any published manuscript or any manuscript submitted concurrently to another journal.

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