Information for Reviewers

Quality peer review plays an essential role in the decisions to accept and publish an article in Konuralp Medical Journal.

All original research presented in Konuralp Medical Journal undergoes rigorous multi-factorial double-blinded peer-review by carefully selecting dedicated and knowledgeable individuals who are experts in their field.
Reviewer invitations are sent from the Editorial Manager submission system by email. To accept or decline invitations, use the links in the email.

Accepting or declining invitations
If you are able to review, please select the assignment within five (5) days. If we do not receive a reply within that timeframe, we may assign another reviewer.
If you receive an invitation and cannot accept the review, please select 'Decline to Review' as soon as possible so we can select another reviewer for the manuscript. In the response field, please include the following, if possible:
1. A reason for declining the review
2. Suggested colleague(s) qualified to review this paper with contact information.
Disclosures and Conflict of Interests
You should not accept a review if there is a potential conflict of interest in a paper. When submitting a review, you should disclose if you have a conflict of interest.
Criteria for Acceptance
Reviewers will be asked to respond to the following questions before submitting a review:
1. Is the manuscript technically sound, and do the data support the conclusion?
2. Has the statistical analysis been performed appropriately and rigorously?
3. Does the manuscript adhere to standards in this field for data availability?
4. Is the manuscript presented in an intelligible fashion and written in standard English?
5. Comments to the Author

Reviews must be submitted by completing our structured report on our submission system. Explaining your recommendations will help the authors to understand your reasoning and will help them improve their work prior to publication. It is helpful to separate your comments into the sections due to the manuscript’s sections (for example, abstract, introduction, method, results, discussion). If you do recommend rejection of the manuscript, please detail your concerns (for example, no valid research question, flaws with the methodology or interpretation of results); your feedback will allow the authors to understand your decision and improvements they may need to make to this and future manuscripts.
You will also be able to provide separate comments to the Editor, for example, any ethical concerns or other issues you believe the Editor should be aware of, or if there are parts of the manuscript you could not assess. If you feel that the manuscript would benefit from language editing, as the message is being obscured by grammatical problems please suggest this in the Confidential Comments to the Editor.