Reviewer Guidelines

Before accepting

• Accept only if the topic and methods are within your expertise and you can respond within 21 days.
• Declare any competing interests, and tell the editor if you believe you know who the authors are.
• Do not involve colleagues or students without the editor's permission.

What to assess

• Scope — does the work fit the journal's interdisciplinary aims and scope?
• Originality — is the contribution new and clearly positioned against existing literature?
• Rigor — are the methods, experiments, or models sound and reported reproducibly?
• Evidence — do the results support the conclusions?
• Clarity — is the manuscript clearly written and well organised?

Writing your report

Give a short summary, then major and minor comments, and a recommendation (accept, minor revision, major revision, or reject). Be constructive and courteous. Keep the manuscript confidential and do not upload it to generative AI tools.