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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

Reviewers can refer to the guidelines from plos.org at the following link: http://reviewers.plos.org/files/2018/03/PLOS-Peer-Review-Template.pdf.

Create a Concise Article

The reviewer begins by summarizing the article in their own words. Summarize the entire manuscript and the conclusions of the study. Provide context for how the study fits within the existing literature. Then, the reviewer lists the strengths and weaknesses of the article and provides an overall recommendation for the manuscript.

Major and Minor Issues

To ensure the manuscript is further processed, the reviewer needs to consider both major issues and minor issues. With regard to major issues, the reviewer focuses on what is important for the current study/research, not the next steps in the research. Include these in a list and be as specific as possible.

The reviewer also needs to consider additional issues to improve the manuscript. These are considered minor issues and do not impact the final conclusions of the article.

Additional Points

In addition, reviewers can add comments to the editor, which are kept confidential from the author. Comments can include anything about the manuscript that the editor needs further consideration, such as ethical issues. Reviewers should only convey concerns about the manuscript, but should not consider these confidential comments as a conclusion to the overall critique. Also, let the editor know if you are still willing to review a revised version of the article.

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