VCSEwiki:Quality criteria

Review process

For quality criteria, you can enter the Review process of some academic journals:

• Analysis of evaluation reports of scientific papers: what referees say
• See also List of academic journals - select one and find out the rules!
• For the process of reviewing itself, see Peer Review in Wikipedia

Example of Review Form

JOURNAL OF TEACHER EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY

Paper title:

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1. General Recommendation (check one):

1.1. Publish as is ___

1.2. Acceptable with minor modifications _

1.3. Might be accepted after major modifications ___

1.4. Unacceptable (check all that apply) ___

1.4.1. Not appropriate for the theme of the Conference ___

1.4.2. Technically deficient ___

1.4.3. Quality of presentation is poor ___

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2. Summary Comments for Author(s)

Please enter the appropriate word from the choices in parentheses

2.1. Interest of the subjects to the themes of the Conference (High/Medium/Low) ......................

2.2. Originality of the paper (High/Medium/Low) ......................

2.3. Adequate references to prior and related works by other authors (High/Medium/Low) ......................

2.4. Accurate information (Yes/No) .........................

2.5. Current information (Yes/No) .......................

2.6. Methodology (Yes/No) ...........................

2.7. Writing style is generally (Excellent/Readable/Poor) ....................

2.7.1. Paper is logically organised (Yes/No) ....................

2.7.2. Ideas are clearly presented (Yes/No) ....................

2.8. Meets submission requirements (abstract, length, style) (Yes/No) …..........

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3. Written Comments for Author(s)