Guide for Authors

1. Any assigned reviewer who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a paper or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editorand decline to participate in the review process.

2. Reviews should be conducted objectively, including such aspects as the significance of the subject, theories, writing quality, interpretations, and arguments. Reviewers should respect the independence of authors’ thoughts and the enthusiasm for scientific research innovation, and should be aware of any personal bias they may have and take this into account when reviewing a paper.

3. Taking full account of one’s limitations in scientific understanding, reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

4. Reviewers should be alert to the ethical issues in the paper, including any academic misconduct such as missing references, misquotes, plagiarismand falsification.

5. Reviewers should review the conflicts of interest before agreeing to review a paper, and notify the editor and decline to participate in the review process where they have potential conflicts of interest.

6. Reviewers must treat the papers received for review as confidential documents, and must not share the review or information about the paper with anyone.

7. Unpublished information disclosed in a submitted paper must not be used anywhere. A reviewer shall not suggest an author to include citations in his/her work without genuine scientific reasons.