Reviewer Guidelines

The International Journal of Energy Systems and Mechanical Engineering relies on qualified reviewers to ensure the quality, originality, relevance, and integrity of published research.

• Reviewers should provide fair, objective, and constructive evaluations.
• Manuscripts must be treated as confidential documents and should not be shared with unauthorized individuals.
• Reviewers should assess the manuscript's originality, methodology, technical quality, results, clarity, and relevance to the journal.
• Reviewers should identify significant errors, unsupported claims, missing references, methodological concerns, or ethical issues.
• Personal criticism of authors should be avoided; comments should remain professional, respectful, and evidence-based.
• Reviewers should disclose any conflict of interest and decline the review when their impartiality may be affected.
• Reviewers should not use, reproduce, or disclose unpublished information obtained from a manuscript for personal or professional advantage.
• Review recommendations should clearly support the reviewer's assessment. The final publication decision rests with the editor.
• Reviewers should complete their evaluations within the agreed timeframe or inform the editorial office if additional time is required.