Peer Review

The research article submitted to this online journal will be peer-reviewed. The accepted research articles will be available online (free download) following the journal peer-reviewing process. The language used in this Journal is English. Detailed information about reviewing is available in the Reviewer Kit.

Reviewing a manuscript written by a fellow scientist is a privilege. However, it is a time-consuming responsibility. Hence, the IJISSE Editorial Board, Authors, and Audiences appreciate your willingness to accept this responsibility and your dedication. IJISSE adheres to a double-blind peer-review process that is rapid and fair, and also ensures a high quality of articles published. In so doing, IJISSE needs reviewers who can provide insightful and helpful comments on submitted manuscripts with a turnaround time of about 4 weeks. Maintaining IJISSE as a scientific journal of high quality depends on reviewers with a high level of expertise and an ability to be objective, fair, and insightful in their evaluation of manuscripts.

If the IJISSE Editor-in-Chief has invited you to review a manuscript, please consider the following:

Reviewing manuscripts critically, but constructively, and preparing detailed comments to help authors improve their work.
Reviewing multiple versions of a manuscript as necessary.
Providing all required information within established deadlines.
Making recommendations to the editor regarding the suitability of the manuscript for publication in the journal.
Declaring to the editor any potential conflicts of interest with respect to the authors or the content of a manuscript they are asked to review.
Reporting possible research misconduct.
Suggesting alternative reviewers in case they cannot review the manuscript for any reason.
Treating the manuscript as a confidential document.
Not making any use of the work described in the manuscript.
Not communicating directly with authors, if somehow they identify the authors.
Not identifying themselves to authors.
Not passing on the assigned manuscript to another reviewer.
Ensuring that the manuscript is of high quality and original work.
Informing the editor if they find that the assigned manuscript is under consideration in any other publication to their knowledge.
Writing review reports in English only.
Authoring a commentary for publication related to the reviewed manuscript.