Peer Reviewers Guidelines

The role the Peer Reviewer is to evaluate the submitted article and provide constructive feedback to authors and to the journal. Taking into account the evaluation carried out, the Peer Reviewer must make a decision with respect to the article submitted.

There are the following alternatives: reject the article, accept the article since followed the recommendations provided by the reviewer or accept the article without restrictions. We advise that the Peer reviewer be polite and that he/she seeks to justify his/her evaluations and suggest solutions to the problems found. In the page Peer Reviewer (parecerista), there is a field where the evaluation must be inserted and another field in which you can include the version of the article with commentaries. In the end of the page, there is a field to register the Peer Reviewer’s decision.

In the evaluation, the Peer Reviewer must consider, at least, those aspects: 1. Theme- if the article is in line with the scope of the journal, 2. Editing - if the article follows the rules of the journal, 3. Structure and extension of the article - if the text is coherent, well organized and complete, 4. Title and abstract- if they describe and reflect the content of the article), 5. Article contribution to the field- if the article represents some scientific innovation either in terms of the object of study, of the methodology used or of the theoretical foundation chosen, 6. Suggestions to improve the article, if necessary, and 7. Justify the editorial decision taken (rejection, conditional acceptance, acceptance).