Points to Consider
Reviewers are requested to provide comments on the manuscripts to help the editors’ decision and aid the authors in improving their papers. Reviewers should especially highlight any serious flaws in a manuscript that should impede its publication, and provide an outline for any additional experiments or data needed to support the conclusions drawn. To support their comments, reviewers should cite references when possible throughout the manuscript.
Reviewers should consider the points given in “Points tabs” and clearly indicate whether they consider any required revisions to be ‘major mandatory revisions’, ‘minor essential revisions’ or “optional revisions’. Revisions are considered to be ‘Major mandatory revisions’ if additional controls are needed to support the claims or if any discrepancies exist between the conclusions and data. Moreover, papers may be required to conduct major revisions if the inadequate methods or statistical analysis are used the paper.
Please refer to the following pages for the points to be considered.