General Guidelines

• When registering a reviewer account for the first time, please provide PoEM with accurate information concerning your field of expertise, work experience, publications, and valid and up-to-date contact information.
• When invited to review, ensure that the manuscript is within your area of expertise, and you can dedicate the appropriate time to conduct the review before accepting the assignment.
• For first time peer reviewer with PoEM, your work will be evaluated by the Editor. If the evaluation's result is satisfactory, your name will be added to our reviewers list, and you will be assigned more reviews.
• Reviewing a manuscript should extend beyond simple acceptance or rejection. Please try to guide the authors towards making their paper better. Detailed feedback is always encouraged.
• When clarifications/revision from the author are deemed necessary, you should include the details in the comments section of your report.
• If a Reviewer identifies or is made aware of a potential misconduct, they should notify PoEM editorial office as soon as possible.
• If you have previously reviewed a version of the manuscript for another journal, you should mention this in your comments to the Editor.

Conflict of Interest

Reviewers are expected to disclose any conflict of interest that could influence their appraisal of the papers they are tasked to review, whether it's a personal or economic relationship.

When a conflict of interest arises with an editor or a reviewer, the reviewing process is restarted with a different set of experts.

Confidentiality

Please treat the reviewed manuscript as confidential in its entirety, during and after the review process.

If you feel that there is a need to solicit someone's input in the review process, please notify the editorial office to have them formally invited.

Fairness and Timeliness

Reviewers should conduct an objective review, with a focus on the originality of the manuscript, its relevance to the field, clarity of the content, and the author's compliance with the PoEM's submission guidelines, and publication ethics.

Accompany your recommendation to accept, reject, or ask for minor or major corrections with constructive and accurate comments to back your decision, with the aim of improving the author's work. Try to be helpful and always respectful to the author.

It is crucial that you respond to our invitation to peer-review, and to submit your review report within your deadline. When you feel unable to submit your report by the deadline, you should immediately notify the Editor.

Reviewers who repetitively submit reviews with hostile or inappropriate comments will be removed from PoEM's reviewer pool.

Use of AI

The use of AI to handle or facilitate reviewing tasks is not allowed.

Reviewers Recognition

Once a year, PoEM publishes as an announcement of its website the list of active reviewers.

A certificate is available for each completed reviewing task, even if the paper is not accepted, and can be used to add to your Publons peer review profile. Reviewers can reach out to the Editorial Office for more information about how to get their reviewing work publicly recognized.