Reviewer Guidelines

Reviewer Guidelines 

Blind Review is the reviewing system followed in the Political Sciences Journal. All the steps of reviewing are fully electronic. The reviewers have to read the criteria for judging a submission's suitability for publication in the journal, which may include instructions for preparing an effective and helpful review. Reviewers will have an opportunity to provide comments intended for the author and editors as well as separate comments for the editor only. 

Reviewers will be asked to comply with the disclosure policy of the competing interests. 

Reviewer Guidelines 

Please consider the following points if possible: 

  1. Is the manuscript within the scope of the Political Sciences Journal?
  2. Is the research original and not yet published elsewhere?
  3. Is the title appropriate and concise?
  4. Does the abstract (in any) represent the manuscript's content?
  5. Is the subject clearly and logically presented?
  6. Are the interpretations justified?
  7. Are the discussion and conclusions supported by the results?
  8. Are the references cited appropriately and comprehensively?
  9. Are the tables and figures clear, all necessary, and well referenced?
  10. Should some manuscript parts be modified, expanded, or omitted?
  11. Does the total length of the manuscript comply with its content?

Comments in the form of texts can be entered into the comment field (comments for authors and those for editors only can be entered into two different sections). You can also upload edited files. 

Please make a recommendation (Accept; Accept with revisions; Resubmit for review; Resubmit elsewhere; Decline; See comments).  Please view the PDF file for the review process.