Ethics of Reviewers
Ethics of Reviewers
- Reviewers must keep confidentiality and not disclose some or all of the content of the article to other parties unrelated during the period of the article evaluation.
- After receiving the article from the editorial team if reviewers realize that they may have conflicts of interest with authors, such as being project participants or there are other reasons for not being able to provide independent suggestions, the reviewers should refuse to evaluate the article.
- Reviewers should evaluate the article in the field of expertise by considering the importance of article content, the quality of data analysis and work concentration without prejudice. Moreover, reviewers should complete their reviews within the specified time period.
- If there is any part of the article that is similar or duplicate with other works, reviewers must notify editors.
