The Main Body of the Review

These guidelines will help you craft the main body of your review:

• Organize your points clearly and logically, using separate paragraphs or numbered comments to make each point stand out.
• If some revisions will be required for publication, separate your comments into “major points”, which must be addressed for you to be able to recommend publication, and “minor points”, which could improve the manuscript if addressed, but are not required.
• Include your assessment, both positive and negative, of the author’s:
  • Assumptions and methods
  • Underlying theoretical framework
  • Conclusions and how they are supported
  • Logic and flow
• Be sure to address all issues revealed during the assessments described in modules 4, 5, and 6.
• Your Comments to the Author should focus on concrete, actionable items, supported by evidence (examples and justification) from the manuscript itself.
• Your review comments should outline the ways in which the manuscript meets, or deviates from, the journal’s guidelines.
• Note whether all necessary references, data, and background material are present and whether mathematical equations are internally consistent.
• Avoid harsh or insulting language.