Review Form
Dear Reviewer:
Reviewing the work of peers provides an opportunity to contribute to the improvement of the scientific and technical literature. It also carries many obligations: to the publisher to provide an objective and timely review, to the author to be thorough and courteous, to oneself to be professional, and to the scientific community to support the integrity of the peer- review process (blind peer-review). The reviewer should think of his or her role as providing assistance to the publisher, who must decide on publication, and to the author, in terms of making improvements. Reviewers should not hide behind the cloak of anonymity to offer gratuitous, sarcastic or condescending comments. Do not insult the author’s professional ability or language skills. Do not make comments that are so general that the author would not be able to respond, e.g. “The paper needs to be rewritten.” Be courteous and constructive. A good rule is not to write anything that you would not be comfortable saying in a face to-face meeting with the author. Be specific in your comments, and explain deficiencies in polite language. Be prepared to support your statements with examples.
It is helpful if comments are recorded in three categories: primary, secondary and editorial.
Primary comments are those which the reviewer thinks are mandatory, i.e. changes that must be made before the paper is considered acceptable for publication. Secondary comments comprise suggestions by the reviewer, but changes resulting from the suggestions are left to the discretion of the author. Editorial comments point out where corrections need to be made to spelling, grammar or sentence structure. In making a final recommendation to the publisher, reviewers should remember that they are not being asked whether they agree with the content of a paper. They are being asked to offer a professional opinion on the validity of the research, and whether the conclusions follow from the findings. Both the publisher and author appreciate a through and constructive review. Our community strives to improve and, when the reviewers act professionally, the peer review process can be a very positive experience.
PAPER REVIEW FORM
Many of the fields in this review form are optional. The fields you MUST fill out are:
Paper No.(00-000):________________ Reviewer No.: _____Author(s):___________________________________________________________
Title:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Please return before:_______________
I. Overall Recommendation: (Please mark appropriate circles and boxes below)
ACCEPT
1. Ready for publication, except for possible minor changes.____________
2. Accept, subject to changes of a magnitude significant enough to require reexamination by the Associate
Editor and perhaps by one or more reviewers. Please
Check... if you wish to see the revision.
REJECT
3. May contain publishable results. Requires complete rewriting, resubmission, and rereview of revised manuscript. If you feel that the eventual manuscript is likely to fall into the Paper or Technical Note
category, indicate below.__________
4. Unlikely to contain publishable results because:
____Paper is so poorly written that contribution, if any, is obscure.
____Results are already known. They may be found in references listed in the review.
____Results are not correct, and there is no obvious way to correct them.
____Paper is not suitable for the Annals.
II . Category Assessment
___Paper ___Technical Note
III. Confidential Comments to Editors (NOTE: These comments should be consistent with comments to authors.)
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Reviewer's Name :_______________________________________________________________
Date:______________________________________________________________________________
Reviewer's E-Mail:*______________________________________________________________
IV . Comments to Authors
Type comments in the following text boxes. In addition, you may:
-Email your comments to the Editor in a separate file.
-Upload one or more files with your review (see part V below).
a. Contribution of the paper (problem significance, importance of results, relevance for control engineering applications)
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b. Technical correctness of the paper:
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c. Quality of presentation (clarity, organization, motivation, introduction, conclusions, references):
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d. Other comments:
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V . Additional Comments
___I want to upload additional file(s) with my review.
___I will NOT provide additional files.
