Ethical Guidelines for Reviewers

1. Reviewers should agree to review a manuscript only if the manuscript matches their expertise.

2- While reviewing articles, it is very important to respect point of views different from a review’s.   Reviews should refrain from providing unfounded criticisms just because the manuscript expresses opposing ideas.

3- Until the articles are published, the reviewers should not disclose any information about the results of research reported in the manuscripts being reviewed.

4- Reviewers must inform the Editor-in-Chief of their conflicting and competing of interests in the article being reviewed.

5- Reviewers should evaluate manuscripts without regard to nationality, religious beliefs, and ethnic, cultural and economic origins of the author.

6- Reviewers should refrain from making derogatory and libelous comments about the author(s) of the article.

7- Reviewers must be fair and unbiased in the process of conducting a review.