Criteria and Philosophy

Reviewers evaluate each submission with respect to the following criteria: originality, significance, scientific relevance, completeness, acknowledgement of the work of others by references, organization, clarity of writing, clarity of tables, graphs, and illustrations. They also answer the following questions: In your opinion, is the technical treatment plausible and free of technical errors? Have you checked the equations? Are you aware of prior publication or presentation of this work? Is the work free of commercialism? Is the title brief and descriptive? Does the abstract clearly indicate objective, scope, and results?

In addition reviewers provide open form comments to the authors, particularly if they request revisions. They also may provide separate comments to the editors.

Reviewers often ask for guidelines in conducting their review of a JMD manuscript. The philosophy of a good review is addressed in the JMD December 2008 Editorial: A Good Review.

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