Journal of Geometry and
Physics
Guide
for Referees
Last updating: 16.07.2004
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Referees
Referees are one the most important assets of a journal. The Editorial
Office of the Journal of Geometry and Physics and Elsevier are most
grateful to the
journal referees for their qualified and irreplaceable work.
Referees are selected from the
Editorial Board and from experts in the mathematics and physics
research communities.
Papers may be submitted for evaluation to more than one referee. The
referees may avail
themselves of the help of other scientists, asking them to preserve
confidentiality.
Final
decision
The Editorial Office decides upon the acceptance of
each paper on the basis of the general JGP
editorial policy and of the referees' reports, in
accordance with the following criteria:
- comparison of the different reports on the paper (in
case of drastically different evaluations one or more adjudicators,
usually chosen among the Editorial Board, are consulted);
- balance of the evaluations of the different papers;
- consideration of the backlog of papers;
- consideration of the numbers of papers published in
different fields.
Referee's Reports
The Editorial Office
keeps the contacts with the referees by email. When a referee is asked
to produce a report, she/he should reply to the Editorial
Office as soon as possible, stating whether she/he accepts to act as a
referee. In the case of a negative answer, the suggestion of (an)other
referee(s) is warmly appreciated.
Referees are asked to produce a report in free style. The report
should address the following issues:
- Originality of the paper, and its potential interest for the
scientific community
- Conformity with the scopes of the Journal
- Correctness of the results and clarity of exposition
- English (or French) grammar if necessary
- Balance between the length of a paper and its interest. There is
a nominal page limit of 20 but this can be exceeded for deserving
papers.
Reports
should be written in such a way as to help the final
decision and the communication with the authors.
Suggested
changes to a paper should be clearly stated. Modified papers
are usually resent to the
referee for a final evaluation.
The referee is invited to conclude her/ his assessment with one of the
following recommendations:
- Accept the
paper as it is
- Reject
- Ask the
authors to revise the paper according to the lines expressed by the
referee's report
Referees are kindly requested to
produce their reports within one
month. In case they need more time, or
cannot produce their report in a reasonable time, or
are at all unable to produce a report, they are warmly invited to
contact the Editorial Office immediately.
Referee's
reports should be transmitted to
the Editorial Office is by Email to the address jgp@sissa.it
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