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Reviewer Guidelines

Reviewers play a crucial role in maintaining the scientific quality, integrity, and credibility of JBRES. These guidelines outline reviewer responsibilities, ethical expectations, confidentiality requirements, and best practices for providing constructive and unbiased evaluations.

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Reviewer Guidelines

The Journal of Biomedical Research & Environmental Sciences (JBRES) appreciates your willingness to serve as a reviewer. Peer review is a cornerstone of Open Science—it improves clarity, strengthens methodology, and helps ensure that published research is reliable, ethical, and useful to the global community.

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Reviewer support: You may provide confidential notes to the editor, and separate comments for authors.

Role of the Reviewer

Reviewers play an essential role in strengthening manuscripts submitted to JBRES. Your review helps editors decide whether a manuscript should be: Accepted, Minor Revision, Major Revision, or Rejected.

Quality & Validity

Check study design, methods, analysis, and whether conclusions match the evidence.

Novelty & Significance

Assess originality, contribution to the field, and relevance to JBRES scope.

Clarity & Structure

Suggest improvements for readability, figures/tables, and presentation of results.

Ethics & Transparency

Flag ethical concerns (human/animal ethics, consent, conflicts of interest, plagiarism).

Double-Blind Peer Review Process

JBRES uses a double-blind peer review process. Author identities are not revealed to reviewers, and reviewers remain anonymous to authors. Reviewers are expected to respond promptly to invitations and provide fair, evidence-based feedback.

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Invitation & Availability
Confirm whether you can review within the requested timeframe and declare any conflicts.
2
Review & Notes
Assess methods, results, ethics, and clarity. Provide structured comments for authors.
3
Recommendation
Select Accept / Minor / Major / Reject and explain the decision clearly.
4
Revision Check (If Needed)
Verify whether authors addressed key comments with evidence and clear revisions.

What to Include in Your Review

Comments to the Author

  • Start with a brief summary of the manuscript in 2–3 lines.
  • List major issues first (methods, statistics, interpretation, missing controls).
  • Then list minor issues (grammar, formatting, clarity, figure labels, references).
  • Be constructive and specific: suggest what to improve, not just what is wrong.

Confidential Notes to the Editor

  • Conflicts of interest, suspected plagiarism, duplicate publication concerns.
  • Ethical issues (IRB/consent, animal welfare, data fabrication concerns).
  • Whether the work fits JBRES scope and whether claims are supported.
  • Any sensitivity concerns that should not be disclosed to authors.

Ethics, Confidentiality & Reviewer Conduct

Confidentiality
Do not share, upload, or distribute the manuscript or its data outside the review process.
No Personal Accusations
Avoid personal remarks. Critique the work, not the author. Use professional language.
Conflict of Interest
Decline if you have conflicts (collaboration, competition, financial interests, close relationships).
Impartiality
Reviews must never be influenced by religion, race, nationality, gender, language, or politics.
No Direct Editing of Manuscript
You may suggest corrections, but avoid rewriting the manuscript. Provide guidance instead.
Timely Response
If you cannot review within the deadline, notify the editorial office promptly.

Reviewer Recognition

JBRES values your contribution to the scientific community. Active reviewers may receive: reviewer certificates, acknowledgment opportunities, and priority consideration for editorial roles (based on performance and availability).

Email: editor.review@scireslit.us support@jbresonline.com

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Join our reviewer community or submit your manuscript today. We support ethical peer review and open access publishing.

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