International Peer-Reviewed Quarterly
ISSN 1671-8224 CN 50-1142/N
Publishes Global Riverine Researchwith Constant Attention to the Yangtze Watershed the Three Gorges Dam Region / Published by Journals Department,ChongqingUniversity
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《重庆大学学报（英文版）》关注长江三峡 报道河流研究重庆大学出版 400030 重庆市沙坪坝沙正街174号重庆大学A区
JCQU-E Reviewer Guide
Dear Professor,
Thank you for your willingness to invest your time and effort in reviewing for Journal of Chongqing University English Edition (JCQU-E).
This peer review is to be done anonymously. The editor relies on you to identify the strengths and weaknesses in the paper and hence determines whether the paper is qualified for publishing in a scholarly journal. Your comments should also help the author write a better, more readable, paper.
An article to be published in the journal should be technically correct, be of high scientific quality and have significant impact in a subfield. It should contain enough technical information to enable peers to corroborate results and follow the details of the work described.
The editor and the author will be very much obliged to you if your can return your report in four weeks, very preferably in two weeks. If in any condition you feel like you cannot complete the review in time, please notify us without delay.
We list below a series of questions to help you with what we rely on your judgment on the specific aspects of the paper. Beside the answers to these questions, we need your expertise to help the author with constructive comments.
1.Is the paper a new and original contribution?If a research paper, has this work been published elsewhere? If so, please provide references to this.If a scientific review, is it sufficiently comprehensive and critical?
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2.Does it give adequate references to related work? (suggest key references that were omitted)
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3.Does the title clearly and sufficiently reflect the content?
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4.Is the abstract informative and sufficient to present the importance of the research? If not, please suggest amendments
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5.Are the keywords satisfactory? If not, please suggest amendments.
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6.Are the applied methods suitable
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7.Do the results contain remarkable statements?
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8.Are the interpretations and conclusions sound and justified by the data?
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9.Are the illustrations and tables necessary and acceptable?
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10.Are the presentation and organization satisfactory?
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11.Does it contain material that might well be omitted? If so what?
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12.Are the scientific and technical terms correct and accurate?
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13.Is the English satisfactory? If only minor changes are needed, please insert corrections in the margins of the manuscript.
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14.How do you rate the quality of this paper, Excellent, Good, Moderate, or Poor?
Answer: Technical content in terms of theory is
and of application is ;
Overall quality is ;
English writing is .
15What is your recommendation?
Accept – without revision
Accept - with minor revisionsas listed incomments
Accept - with major revisionsas listed incomments
Reconsider - after major revisionsas listed incomments
Reject - fragmentation/lack of novelty or significanceas indicated in comments
Reject - scientific illogicalityas indicated in comments
Reject - other reasons as indicated in comments
16Please list further comments or specific suggestions you would like to provide the author with. Do not include your advice on acceptance here.
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