Peer Review Procedure

-Review Mode: Anonymous Reviewer/Anonymous Author [This journal uses double-blind review].
-Reviewers will not be given access to the submission file until they have agreed to review it.
-Reviewers be sent a secure link in the email invitation, which will allow them to access the review without logging in. Access to other pages requires them to log in.
Number of weeks to accept or decline a review request: 2.
-Weeks allowed to complete the review: 4.

Please fill in the online Evaluation form. The comments will be made available to authors. The final decision regarding the acceptance or rejection of the manuscript will be made by the Subject Editor. 

 

Evaluation Form

Please fill in the Evaluation form. The comments will be made available to authors. The final decision regarding the acceptance or rejection of the manuscript will be made by the Subject Editor. 

1.Original data

The scientific contribution of the paper is original (yes/no, comments if necessary)

 

2.The title

The title is clear and reflects the object of study (yes/no / comments).

 

3.The abstract

The abstract synthesizes well the content of the article (yes/no, comments if necessary).

 

4.The introduction

The introduction presents the relevance of the article for the given field and quotes the main results obtained by other authors concerning the subject (yes/no, comments if necessary)

 

5.Material and methods

The methodology in use is coherently presented and there is a fair justification of it being preferred instead of other existent methodologies (yes/no, comments if necessary)

 

6.Results and discussion

The results are well presented. Discussions are comprehensive; original data are analyzed in the context of previous results in the field (yes/no, comments if necessary)

 

7.References

Recent and well chosen (suitable) bibliography. There is a clear match between the bibliographic references from the end of the article and the ones quoted in the text (yes/no, comments if necessary)

 

8.Vocabulary

The vocabulary used is academic, without incoherencies or grammar mistakes (yes/no, comments if necessary)

 

9.Other comments to author(s)

Optional

 

10.Decision

The recommendation for publication:

  • Accepted in initial form
  • Accepted with minor modifications
  • Accepted with substantial modifications
  • Rejected

 

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