Journal of Advanced Therapeutic Science
For Reviewers
What a review is for, what the journal asks of it, and how manuscripts under review must be treated.
Reviewing is a scholarly service and carries the obligations set out below.
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The review
What the journal asks you to assess
Single-blind by default; double-blind review is available on request. Manuscripts that proceed to external peer review are normally evaluated by at least two independent subject-matter experts.
- Validity. Whether the methods support the claims, and whether the analysis is reported so that it could be repeated.
- Rigor. Whether the design, controls and statistics are adequate to the question asked.
- Reporting. Whether the manuscript states what was done, to whom or to what, under which conditions, and where the evidence stops.
- Scope. Whether the therapeutic-science question is central to the work.
Editorial decisions are based on scope, scientific quality, methodological rigor, ethical compliance, reporting quality, and relevance to the journal.
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Confidentiality
Handling the manuscript
- Confidential material. A manuscript under review is confidential and is not shared or discussed outside the review.
- After the review. After submitting the review, reviewers should securely delete downloaded manuscript files and must not retain or use unpublished material.
- Double-blind manuscripts. For double-blind manuscripts, reviewers must not attempt to identify the authors.
03
Assisted review
Using AI to help with a review
Reviewers must obtain journal permission before using AI to assist with a review. Any permitted use must be disclosed, and confidential manuscript content must not be uploaded where confidentiality cannot be assured.
04
Interests
Conflicts and declining
Decline an invitation where a personal, professional or financial interest could be seen to bear on your judgment, or where you cannot give the manuscript proper attention. Reviewing for the journal confers no advantage in the review of the reviewer’s own submissions.
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The standards behind the review
The Editorial Policies set out the ethics and integrity standards; the author instructions show what the manuscript was prepared against.