Review criteria

Overall evaluation

• Does the paper contain new data or new ideas or both of them?
• Are these up to international standards?
• Is the presentation clear?
• Does the author reach substantial conclusions?
• Is the length of the paper adequate?
• Is the language fluent and precise?
• Are the title and the abstract pertinent and understandable?
• Is the size of each figure adequate to the quantity of data it contains?
• Does the author give proper credit to related work and do they indicate clearly their own contribution?

How would you rate the scientific contribution of the manuscript?

• very important
• fairly important
• may have potential after additional work and resubmission
• no potential value