Typical points to look for in a paper and include in reviews, are relevance, originality/novelty, importance, technical soundness, and clarity. A review typically includes detailed expert feedback and suggestions that help authors make significant improvements in subsequent versions.
Please consider the following:
- What are the major contributions of the paper?
- How relevant is the submission to the topics covered by the journal?
- How innovative is the research being presented?
- Is the submission significantly different or better than previously published material? (If the
- research was previously published in a conference, does the submission include 25 percent new
- material?)
- What are its strengths and weaknesses?
- Is the work technically sound?
- Is the analysis adequate?
- Is the treatment of the subject complete?
- Does the paper cite and use appropriate references? (There should not be a high number of self-
- references.)
- Is the quality of the presentation adequate?
- Is it well written?