Review Guideline

Review Guideline

 General Rules 

  1. An invitation email along with the article title, abstract, review due date, and a link to access the partner or reviewer's dashboard will be sent to a verified email address where the reviewer can log in using the user ID and password to accept or reject the review request
  2. If the reviewer accepts the reviewer's assignment, a review guide page opens containing brief instructions for the reviewer and several links to additional resources for the reviewer.
  3. After reading and understand the guideline, the reviewer can click on the "continue to step #3" tab which allows you to download the full text and fill out the review response form.
  4. Review the feedback form which usually contains several questions and text boxes, one is the comments for the author and another one is confidential comments for the editor.
  5. Reviewers fill out this feedback form when ready to provide feedback and select a recommendation from the drop-down list and then click the options button to accept the script, either minor fixes or major fixes. In addition, the reviewer can upload the review report as an attachment file to be submitted to the editor.

 Substantial Article Review

A reviewer will examine the material according to the standard components of the article. If the contents of the article deviate significantly, please include your comments.

  1. Title: The title should describe the subject of the manuscript adequately, clearly, precisely and not be multi-interpreted. Please suggest a title revision if needed.
  2. Abstract: The abstract should briefly state the purpose of the research, the methods applied, the results, and the conclusions. Remind them that the abstract is the most read part of the paper.
  3. Introduction; The author must give credit to the contributions of others who are relevant to the article through citations. The citations in the introduction must be able to show the innovation and/or newness that the author has done through gap analysis. Quotations/citations should not be excessive.
  4. Purpose: The purpose of the research article must be well explained and will be able to answer the hypothesis.
  5. Method: The method conducted in the research should be described precisely and detail to enable a competent reader to repeat the author's work. The equipment, materials, hardware/software platforms and frameworks applied in the research also necessary to be explained.
  6. Clarity: In order for readers to quickly understand information on methodologies and study findings in articles, authors must do so in a straightforward, brief, and effective manner.
  7. Organization of delivery: Manuscripts must develop or explain the research subject in a logical and effective manner.
  8. Duplication: The manuscript should not repeat the explanation of the work that has been published by the author or other people. Check whether the manuscript can be shortened without losing content by combining two or more tables and figures. The reviewer can provide several comments if there is duplication in the text.
  9. Calculations:  Reviewer can observe whether the author can verify the calculations made by the author in a few randomly selected cases.
  10. Interconnection between text and Tables or Figures: All tables and figures should be cited in to text or paragraphs. Statements in the text should consistent with the contents of tables and figures.
  11. Tables and Figures Title: Titles must disclose the content of the table or figure. Please suggest to improve the quality of table or image titles.
  12. Tables contents or captions: interpretations must be clear and firm and use the correct SI units.
  13. Graphics: Data for presenting graphs or images should be accurate.
  14. Conclusion: The conclusion that answer the hypothesis must be stated adequately and clearly
  15. Assumption: The author must definitely distinguish between assumption and fact.
  16. References: The bibliography should include citations for every reference used in the manuscript. There are at least ten references, of which 60% are primary references (scientific journals, proceedings articles, reference books, theses, theses, and dissertations) that were published within the last five (5) years.

 Delivering Review Results 

After you decide to accept a review, you can download the article files and additional files. You can fill out a review form or comment or upload a file for editors and/or authors about the results of your review. You are expected to provide recommendations regarding the quality of the article.

The review must be completed within two (2) weeks. If you need more time, you can pass it on to the Editor (jhusbandryadvances@gmail.com)