Guide for Reviewers

Before you accept or decline an invitation to review, consider the following questions:

• Q1) Does the article match your area of expertise? Only accept if you feel you can provide a high-quality review.
• Q2) Do you have a potential conflict of interest? Disclose this to the editor when you respond.
• Q3) Do you have time? Reviewing can be a lot of work – before you commit, make sure you can meet the deadline.

The reviewer report should comprehensively critique the submission and consist of much more than a few brief sentences. Journal of Techniques does not require a specific structure for reports, however, a suggested format is:

• Summary
• Major issues
• Minor issues

We encourage reviewers to help authors improve their manuscript. The report should give constructive analysis to authors, particularly where revisions are recommended.

Note:

Reviewers are required to maintain the confidentiality of all manuscripts and must not upload or share any part of a submission with third-party tools or services.

Review reports and recommendations must be based solely on the reviewer’s own independent expert assessment. The use of generative AI tools to analyze the manuscript or to generate any part of the peer review report is not permitted.

Recommended Actions:

• Accepted
• Minor Revision
• Major Revision
• Reject
• Unable to Review

Portal-How-to (Video):

To get a detailed walk-through on how to use the reviewer web-portal, please follow the steps in the instructional video below:

Confidentiality

Manuscripts under peer review should be strictly confidential. Reviewers must not share manuscripts or discuss their content with anyone outside the peer review process.

Conflicts of interest

Reviewers should decline to review a submission when they:

• Have a financial interest in the subject of the work.
• Have previously discussed the manuscript with the authors.
• Feel unable to be objective.

Applications to review

We appreciate applications to join our community of peer reviewers. Our Editorial Board select reviewers on a manuscript-by-manuscript basis. In each case they invite the most appropriate scientists from their own specialty and/or publication list. To ensure we have your up-to-date contact details, interested reviewers should register for a user account.

Editorial Office

Journal of Techniques

Middle Technical University

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://journal.mtu.edu.iq/index.php/MTU/cus