Guidelines

Reviewers play a key role in publishing an article of enhanced quality. Below
comes the roles and responsibilities of a Reviewer.
o Should explore your novel ideas to develop Special Issues and latest themes
with specific topics that will be an innovation corner for the journal.
o Should involve in journal promotion.
o Should guide in the peer review process of articles sent from the Editorial
office, whether the article falls under the journal scope.
o The Reviewers need to adhere to double blinded peer review process that
enables to publish quality content.
o When an article has been assigned, the Reviewer should check novelty of the
study and originality of the work.
o Should make sure that the paper is not published anywhere.
o Should evaluate whether the article is written as per Yemen University Journal
format.
o Should confirm whether the article is suitable for publication in the respective
journal.
o Should actively participate in the preliminary evaluation process of articles
sent from the Editorial office. In case of unavailability/ if the assigned article
does not fall under the scope of research interest, the Reviewer can inform
the same, so that the Editorial team searchers for an alternative that speeds
up the process without delays.
o The Reviewer can also suggest any of his/ her colleagues active in the related
field, so that the Editorial office can approach them with the concerned
reference.
o If the Reviewer agrees to carry out the evaluation process, it should be
performed in detail and required modifications need to be suggested clearly.
o If a Reviewer rejects the article for publication, he/ she should elaborate the
reason for the same.
o Reviewers are solely responsible to ensure protection and confidentiality of
the content.
o Contribution on behalf of Reviewers is very crucial, that greatly enables the
journal to release quality and timely issues.