Reviewer Guidelines
Reviewers are asked to determine the appropriateness of a manuscript
for publication. The review process is intended to be confidential
and anonymous. If you are unable to act on the manuscript
within six weeks please notify the editor who contacted you.
It would also be helpful if you would notify us at red@elsevier.com as soon as possible if
you are unable
to review a manuscript.
When
you have completed your review, we would like you to report
your results in two parts. The first part should be a report
for the authors that may point out flaws in the research or
exposition and may offer suggestions for improvement. The
second part should be a letter to the editor which recommends
the disposition of the manuscript. The usual alternatives
are rejection, acceptance (possibly contingent on minor revisions),
and revise and resubmit. The latter would imply that the revisions
are more substantial and the manuscript should be reviewed
again.
We do not wish to waste valuable referee resources. If a manuscript
is clearly inappropriate for the journal or badly executed
in some way, a simple letter to the editor is all that is
required.
We are grateful for your help in making our journal a success.
The Editors
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