For Reviewers
Reviewers’ Responsibilities
After initial evaluation, the manuscript is reviewed by at least two independent, expert referees. If there are substantial inconsistencies between the referees, more reviewers are asked to review the manuscript. In every stage of the evaluation process, the double-blind peer review process, in which the names of the referees and the authors are not disclosed, is used.
Reviewers should:
• immediately inform the editor whether they will review or decline to review when an invitation to review a manuscript is received.
• inform the editor and withdraw from the review process if the content of the submitted manuscript is outside their own scientific field or knowledge, or if they cannot make their assessment in the stated periods assessment in duration of peer review process, or if there is any other reason that would disqualify them from being a reviewer.
• have no conflicts of interest related to the study, the authors and/or the research funder.
• act fairly and objectively and try to be constructive while maintaining scientific neutrality when evaluating manuscripts.
• not make personal criticisms of the authors during the evaluation process.
• make suggestions to the authors to improve the manuscript and to eliminate possible errors.
• indicate important papers not cited in the text or references cited in the text but not in the reference list.
• keep confidential all the information and ideas in the manuscript; they should not be shared with third parties, and not used for personal advantage. The confidentiality rule also covers people who decline to review.
• inform to the editor if there are any ethical problems, plagiarism concerns or copyright infringements in the study.
Reviewers must follow COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers prepared by the COPE. Please click here to access the guidelines.
Turkish Journal of Food and Agriculture Sciences (TURJFAS) is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is accordance with the BOAI (Budapest Open Access Initiative) definition of open access.
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Journal Abbreviation: Turk J Food Agric Sci