Responsibility of Reviewers

Peer reviewers are requested to provide constructive criticism and feedback regarding critical elements of scholarly writing and a publishing recommendation in their peer review report. Each manuscript is reviewed by at least two reviewers before a publication decision is made. The Editorial Team inspects each peer reviewer report and has final discretion to accept or reject a manuscript based on the peer reviewer reports and subsequent author revisions.
Peer review is conducted by members of the Research Network Advisory Board, Editorial Board, Author Reviewers, and Volunteer Peer Reviews, based on the relevance of their area of expertise to the work under review.
Conduct themselves fairly and impartially.
Immediately alert their journal editor of any real or potential competing interest that could affect the impartiality of their reviewing and decline to review where appropriate.

The decision will be shared will be communicated to the corresponding author via email. The reviewer reports are anonymous and will be shared along with any additional guidance.

A decision regarding publication may be: