Peer review process is an essential component of the scientific process. Reviews by independent scientists provide advice to the editorial board of Kadim to choose best articles to publish. A double blind reviewing process is counducted.
Kadim is international in authorship and in readership and referees are carefully selected from the worldwide academic community. Referees’ names are kept confidential and may only be disclosed to Editors who are also instructed to maintain confidentiality. Unbiased consideration is given to all manuscripts offered for publication regardless of the race, gender, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, political philosophy, age or reputation of the authors.
Reviewing of a manuscript is an important part in the process of publication. Reviewers are asked to make an evaluation and provide recommendations to ensure the scientific quality of the manuscript is on par with our standards.
Guidelines
- After receiving the invitation, the reviewer is requested to intimate their availability to complete the review in the given time.
- Articles are assigned based on the research interests of the reviewer. They can approach the assigned editorial office if the manuscript is beyond their expertise.
- After assigning manuscript reviewer can contact the editorial office if there is any problem regarding time or conflict of interest, based on that the reviewer may extend the deadline or cancel the review assignment.
- The reviewer should have a look at the assigned manuscript, whether the paper fits within the stated scope of the journal or not. Reviewers should not be biassed or partial while reviewing the manuscript.
- They should evaluate the manuscript within the provided timeline in order to facilitate timely completion of the review process.
- During the review process, if you find that the research paper does not fit into the scope of interest, you may intimate the editorial office.
- Reviewers are not entertained to discuss about the paper with the respective author(s).
- We request reviewers not to use the information of the manuscript for their own use and to protect it from any sort of violation.
- Criticism should be presented dispassionately and offensive remarks are not acceptable.
- Confidential remarks to be done and you can advise the editor for acceptance, rejection or modification. Their comments and reviews must never be influenced by the race, religion, nationality, ethnicity, language, origin, gender or any political agencies.
Please follow the steps listed below in order to review an article sent through the system
1. Log into the “Manuscript Handling System” by entering your user name and password.
2. Click “Reviewer” on the upper menu.
3. Click “Articles” (“Submissions”) on the reviewer page.
4. You will now see the title and status of the article you have been requested to review. Click the magnifier icon found under “Show” on the left-hand side.
5. On the new page that appears you will find information concerning the article and its English and Turkish abstracts. At the bottom, there is a question as to whether or not you accept to review the article. To accept, click “I would like to review the article” in the green-shaded area.
6. Once you accept to make a review, you can download the Article file. You can also review the article by using the evaluation form that will appear on the same page.
7. While filling in the form, if you click “Save” without completing your evaluation, you can return to the form later to complete the remaining sections.
8. Once you fill in the whole form and your evaluation is complete, click “Save and Finish”.
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