Physics Access
Reviewer's Guidelines for Physics access
Physics Access views its reviewers as a real motivation and key in establishing it as one of the best journals for publication in Physics and emerging technologies.
Physics Access is grateful to scholars who give their time to peer review its articles. Rigorous peer review is the cornerstone of high-quality academic publishing.
Reviewing a manuscript written by a fellow scientist is a privilege. However, it is a time-consuming responsibility. Hence, Physics Access’s Editorial Board, authors, and audiences appreciate your willingness to accept this responsibility and your dedication. Physics Access adheres to a double-blind peer-review process that is rapid, fair, and ensures the publication of high quality of articles. In so doing, Physics Access needs reviewers who can provide insightful and helpful comments on submitted manuscripts in the period determined by the editor. Maintaining Physics Access as a scientific journal of high quality depends on reviewers with a high level of expertise and ability to be objective, fair, and insightful in their evaluation of manuscripts.
Reviewer’s Responsibilities
As a reviewer, Physics Access also encourages you to visit https://publicationethics.org/core-practices on Core Practices developed in 2017, replacing the Code of Conduct, which is applicable to all involved in publishing scholarly literature.
Also, at Physics Access, we demand you consider the following if invited to review a manuscript for Physics Access:
- Review the manuscript critically but constructively and preparing detailed comments about the manuscript to help authors improve their work.
- Make comments on the manuscripts as you review it and ensure your comments are clearly and simply written.
- Provide all required information within established deadlines.
- Make recommendations to the editor regarding the suitability of the manuscript for publication in Physics Access.
- Declare to the editor any potential conflicts of interest concerning the authors or the content of a manuscript you are asked to review.
- Report possible research misconducts.
- Suggest alternative reviewers in case you cannot review the manuscript and state reasons why you cannot review the manuscript and your suggestion for possible reviewers.
- Treat the manuscript as a confidential document.
- Do not make any use of the work described in the manuscript.
- Do not communicate directly with authors, if somehow, you’re able to identify the authors.
- Do not identify yourselves to the authors.
- Do not pass on the assigned manuscript to another reviewer.
- Inform the editor if he/she finds that the assigned manuscript is under consideration for publication in any other journal.
- Inform to the editor if he/she is authoring a commentary for publication related to the reviewed manuscript.
- Write your review report in English only, using the Physics Access Review Report Form.
- Submit your reviewed manuscript alongside the Physics Access Review Report Form to the editor as soon as the review process is complete.
