Reviewer Guidelines

INVITATION TO REVIEW

As a reviewer, you will receive by mail an invitation to review a manuscript.
The email will contain the title and abstract of the submission and links, which will enable you to accept or decline the invitation to review.
Should you accept the invitation you will have 30 days to submit your comments.
If you are unable to complete the review in time, please decline the invitation so we are able to invite an alternative reviewer.
You are able to suggest someone to review the manuscript. If you do not respond to the email within 5 days, you will be “uninvited” automatically so we can expedite the review process.
There are five categories (Recommendation, Manuscript Rating, Comments for Authors, Priority Rating, and Confidential Comments to the Editor).
The submission system requires information for the first four categories.
Confidential Comments to the Editor are not mandatory but are appreciated.
Submitted manuscripts are normally sent out to a minimum of two reviewers and, quite often, more.
Reviewers’ detailed comments and recommendations will enable Editors to make a decision on the submission, whether it should be accepted, revised with minor or major changes, or rejected.
Reviewers’ comments are invaluable to authors as their suggestions will help improve their submissions.
Reviewers will highlight serious flaws in submissions that will impede publication or whether there are additional trials or data available that support the author's conclusions.
Should a manuscript be rejected, the comments supplied will enable the authors to improve their research.

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMITTING A QUALITY REVIEW

If you feel a paper is really unacceptable, be brief but offer constructive comments to the author.We prefer time to be spent on papers that you plan to recommend for revision.

Be polite with the authors.

Authors may not be pleased with the rejection of their manuscript. Spend some time to offer constructive criticisms and please be polite with your comments; consider how you would feel reading your feedback as an author.

Grammar and language issues

Many authors are writing in a second or even third language. The writing must be excellent when the paper is finalized, but we can review papers with poor writing as long as the science is understandable.All accepted papers are subject to thorough language editing supported by the publisher.

Content

  • Does the title describe the article?
  • Is the sample size adequate?
  • Does the article support or contradict previous theories?
  • Prospective is better than retrospective. Larger sample sizes are better than smaller ones. Longer follow-ups are better than shorter ones.
  • For all papers, it is important to explain inclusion and exclusion criteria.
  • Are there other ethical or regulatory issues? Conflict of interest issues?
  • Is the content in the correct sections of the manuscript? So, are discussion comments in the results section or are methods and results comments mixed up?
  • Are tables and figures as clear as they can be? Are they all needed? Material should not be duplicated. If the authors give data in a table, it need not be reiterated in the text or vice versa.
  • References should include pertinent material and need not be encyclopedic. Did the authors select the appropriate material to cite?

We will be happy to consider any comments you may have to improve the review process, and we thank you very much for your efforts, dedication, time, and advice.Good reviews help us to improve papers, provide the readers with better information, and eventually, improve the merit of global management in general.

Manuscript Selection

Authors are notified of decisions by e-mail only.
Repeated submissions of the same manuscript will not be acknowledged.
Membership of the JoGMM or affiliate organizations is not a factor in the selection of manuscripts for publication. 
JoGMM treats all submitted manuscripts as confidential documents.
Papers cannot be resubmitted over a disagreement on novelty, interest, or relative merit.
If a paper was rejected on the basis of serious reviewer error, resubmission may be considered. Decisions made by the Board of Editors are final.

Manuscript length must NOT exceed 7.000 words and 25 pages (including text and references).

Plagiarism

JoGMM has a zero-tolerance for plagiarism and unethical behavior with respect to publishing.
Authors must ensure their paper is of the highest standard and that attributions and citations are accurate and the paper is original in its entirety. All papers are systemically reviewed on submission and any detections mean an immediate rejection.