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Duties of Peer-Reviewers

CONTRIBUTION TO EDITORIAL DECISIONS
(Double-blind-)Peer-review assists the editor-in-chief in making editorial decisions and, through the editorial communication with the author, may also assist the author in improving the manuscript. Peer-review is an essential part of formal, scientific cummunication.

PROMPTNESS
Any referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its timely review will be impossible, should immediately notify the editor-in-chief. This ensures that alternative reviewers can be contacted as soon as possible.

CONFIDENTIALITY
Submitted manuscripts received for evaluation are confidential documents and must be treated accordingly. They must not be shown to or be discussed with others except if authorized by the editor-in-chief. This is also valid for reviewers who have been invited for evaluation but declined.

STANDARDS OF OBJECTIVITY
Reviews should be conducted objectively. Referees should express their views clearly with appropriate arguments in order to support the improvement of the author’s work. Personal criticism of the author is inacceptable.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SOURCES
Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor‘s attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published data of which they have personal knowledge.