Peer review is an essential part of formal scholarly communication, and lies at the heart of the scientific method. Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper. Peer Reviewers need to recognize the importance of their role and commit to contributing high quality work to the process of publishing scholarly research.
Please provide examples and evidence for responses, do not simply answer yes or no.
Does the title reflect the contents of the article?
To what extent does the abstract reflect aspects of the study: background, objectives, methods, results and conclusions? Does the abstract content previously undefined abbreviations?
Is the study rationale adequately described?
Are the study objectives clearly stated and defined?
If there are issues related to ethics, are they adequately described? (For human studies, has ethical approval been obtained?)
Do the results justify the conclusion(s)?