Guide for Reviewers

Ethical guidelines for Peer reviewers

Iranian Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance (IJAAF) follows  COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers.  

Confidentiality 

Manuscripts under peer review should be strictly confidential. Reviewers must not share manuscripts or discuss their content with anyone outside the peer review process.  Reviewers should not discuss the manuscript with anyone other than the IJAAF Editor, nor should they discuss any information from the manuscript without permission.

Conflicts of interest

Reviewers should not review manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections.

WHAT SHOULD BE CHECKED WHILE REVIEWING A MANUSCRIPT

  1. Novelty
  2. Originality
  3. Scientific reliability
  4. Valuable contribution to the science
  5. Adding new aspects to the existed field of study
  6. Ethical aspects
  7. Structure of the article submitted and its relevance to authors’ guidelines
  8. References provided to substantiate the content
  9. Grammar, punctuation and spelling
  10. Scientific misconduct