Reviewer Guidelines

First: Registration in the Journal's Reviewers Team

To be a Ph.D. holder with at least an associate professor in the specialties offered by the journal and to have experience in Reviewing articles in refereed journals, at least 10 articles reviewed. To be able to provide precise scientific comments, opinions, and criticisms. The Reviewers must adhere to the journal's privacy policy and have a thorough knowledge of the scientific arbitration rules and standards. Also, comply with the journal's conditions for which they arbitrate.

To register in the journal's arbitration body, create an account on the following journal website:

https://iijas.eventsgate.org/iijas/user/register

All the following information must be complete :

Full Name

Name of the university to which you belong or currently work (affiliation on the website)

Arbitration interests (topics the Reviewer is interested in for submitting research)

Curriculum vitae

Link to the personal page that illustrates academic works (the personal page account can be a ResearchGate account, ORCID account, Google Scholar account, or any similar account that illustrates academic works)

After completing the data comprehensively, contact the journal management to activate the account and submit research for arbitration. (Please note that any loss of the above information will prevent the system from issuing an arbitration certificate for the Reviewer).

The above information can be added by logging into the account, clicking on the icon, and selecting "Edit Profile."

Reviewer's Tasks:

Examine the research paper carefully and ensure that it is organized according to the publishing instructions.

Ensure the completion of the essential elements of the research as specified in the approved template.

Verify the soundness of the methodology, the validity of conclusions, results, and recommendations.

Linguistic review according to the publishing standards for research papers, especially grammatical rules and punctuation marks.

Provide some suggestions to the author that contribute to improving the research paper in the research file, including notes and suggestions from the Reviewer for the researcher's benefit even in the case of research rejection.

Privileges of the Reviewer in the Journal:

 The Reviewer receives an endorsement from the journal indicating their arbitration of research in the journal.

Benefit from free publication in the journal after obtaining qualifying points by registering colleagues and publishing their research in the journal, according to the standards set by the journal management. (For inquiries about free publication, contact the journal management).

Enhance the knowledge of the Reviewer by reviewing recent research works in their specialization.

Opportunity to present workshops and courses in the journal, increasing the audience of researchers in the same field.

Opportunity to join the advisory board and editorial board of the journal.

Before accepting or declining an invitation to review, consider the following questions:

Does the article match your area of expertise? Accept only if you feel you can provide a high quality review.

Do you have a potential conflict of interest? Tell this to the editor when you reply.

Do you have time? Reviewing can be a lot of work - before you commit, make sure you can meet the deadline.

How to peer-review the IIJAS

The reviewer's report should be comprehensively critical of the submission and consist of no more than a few brief sentences. IIJAS does not require a specific reporting structure, however, the suggested format is:

summary

Major issues

Minor issues

We encourage reviewers to help authors improve their manuscripts. The report should give constructive analysis to the authors, particularly when recommending reviews. When reviewers don't want authors to see certain comments, they can be added to the editor's secret comments. While expectations vary depending on the discipline, some of the key aspects that auditors should be critical of may include:

Are the research questions valid?

Is the sample size sufficient?

Is approval and/or ethical approval necessary and is the research ethical?

Are the methods and study design appropriate to answer the research question?

Do the experiments have appropriate controls?

Is the reporting of methods, including any equipment and materials, sufficiently detailed so that the research can be reproduced?

Were any appropriate statistical tests used and properly reported?

Are the figures and tables clear and do they accurately represent the results?

Has previous research been discussed by the authors and others and have these findings been compared to current findings?

Are there any inappropriate citations, for example, that do not support the claim made or too many citations to the authors' own articles?

Do the results support the conclusions?

Are search limitations recognized?

Is the abstract an accurate summary of the research and findings, without rotation?

Is the language clear and understandable?

To assist authors in receiving reviews in a timely manner, reviewers' reports must be submitted via the manuscript tracking system on or before the agreed deadline. Reviewers should contact the IIJAS  if they cannot meet the deadline so that an alternative appointment can be arranged.

We encourage the reviewers to focus their reports on an objective critique of the scientific aspects of the submission, including the soundness of the methodology and whether conclusions can be supported by the findings. Comments can also be given on the novelty and potential impact of the work. At the end of the review, we ask the reviewers to recommend one of the following:

I accepted

Simple review

The main review

He refuses

Unable to review

Secrecy

Manuscripts under review must be strictly confidential. Reviewers should not share manuscripts or discuss their content with anyone outside the peer review process.

Reviewers may, upon request, consult with colleagues from their research group and are confident that the confidentiality of the manuscript will be maintained. Reviewers should first contact the IIJAS  or Editor-in-Chief and note the name of the colleague(s) in the Comments to Editor section of their report.

Conflict of interest

Reviewers must refuse to review a submission when:

Has a financial interest in the work.

The manuscript has previously been discussed with the authors.

You feel unable to be objective.

review requests

We appreciate requests to join our community of peer reviewers. Our editorial board selects reviewers on a manuscript-by-manuscript basis. In each case they invite the most suitable scholars from their discipline and/or publication list. To ensure we have your contact details up to date, interested reviewers should register for a user account.