Iraqi Journal of Environmental Sciences (IJES)

Reviewer Guidelines

Once manuscripts are submitted, the editors will be reviewed by two or more experts in the corresponding field. Reviewers are invited to follow the steps below:

1. Please check if the article matches your area of expertise if you feel it does not match, please get in touch with the editor soon.  Suggesting an alternative reviewer which matches the article is very much appreciated.
2. Please ensure you do not have a conflict of interest in reviewing the article. If so, please inform the editor immediately.
3. Please make sure that you have time to review the article since reviewing is time-consuming work.
4. After login to the Open Journal System (OJS) of the Iraqi Journal for Environmental Sciences, please accept the review request. If you find a problem to Login to the OJS, please contact the administrator: Prof. Dr. Osama T. Al-Taai, Email: [email protected]
5. Please pay attention to the due date, which is the deadline of the review period. Please accomplish your review within the due date, but your review soon after the invitation is very much appreciated. The delay of your review decision slows down the review process; this causes waiting for the author.  We would be very grateful for your support to speed up the review process.
6. After you accept the review request in the OJS, you will be able to download the manuscript in Word type (.doc). Please download the file.
7. Please treat the manuscript as a confidential document, do not share it to anyone else, except with the permission of the Editor/s for reviewing purposes.
8. Please use Microsoft Word to comment on the manuscript using the “Review” tool.
9. Kindly check the following items:

• Title. Does the title clearly describe the article?
• Abstract. Does the abstract sufficiently reflect the article? Does the article provide a novelty in the research field? Is the study important to support the knowledge in the research area?
• Introduction. Does the introduction provide enough information regarding the previous studies, the gap, and the importance of the study?
• Materials and Method. Does the article present the complete information on the materials and method, so that anyone can duplicate the experiment? Was the method appropriate for approaching the problem-solving?
• Results. Do the results produce from the procedures in the method section? Please be aware if any data emerges without clear information in the method section. If the data is presented in a Table or Figure, please check the clarity and appropriateness of data visualization.  Is the Table or Figure easily understood and interpreted? Please also check the statistical information regarding the data. Does the data clearly explain here? Please check if any data has not been interpreted. If possible, please suggest the author arrange the data from the most important to the least important.
• Discussion. Does the author discuss the data comprehensively by referring to the results? Does the author provide sufficient citations to support or explain the results? If possible, please suggest an author to discuss from the most important finding to the least important (supportive information). That is, by considering the study's purpose as the most important finding.
• Conclusion. Does the conclusion meet the study purpose(s) and is constructed based on the results? Does it arrange simply and easy to understand as a “take home” message? Please make sure there are no statistical statements/references in the conclusion. If possible, please suggest any possible further study.
• English. Overall, is the article written in good English so easy to understand, and communicative? Does the article need English improvement (proofreading)?

10. After you review, please log in to the OJS of IJES, complete the “Reviewer’s Comments” and upload the file with your comments. Finally, to decide the status of the article please select one from the following option.
    • Accept Submission (without revision)
    • Revisions Required
    • Resubmit for Review
    • Resubmit Elsewhere
    • Decline Submission (Reject)
    • After selecting the option kindly click the “Submit Review” button.