Reviewers Page

Reviewers Page

Reviewing a manuscript written by a fellow scientist is a privilege. However, it is a time-consuming responsibility. Hence, the Editorial Board of QMJ, authors, and audiences appreciate your willingness to accept this responsibility and your dedication. QMJ adheres to a double-blind peer-review process that is rapid, fair, and ensures a high quality of articles published. In so doing, QMJ needs reviewers who can provide insightful and helpful comments on submitted manuscripts with a turnaround time of about 2 weeks. Maintaining QMJ 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.

Reviewers ’ Responsibilities

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

Reviewing manuscript critically but constructively and preparing detailed comments about the manuscript 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 reasons
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 as 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 he/she finds the assigned manuscript is under consideration in any other publication to his/her knowledge
Writing review report in English only
Authoring a commentary for publication related to the reviewed manuscript