Reviewer Guidelines
Review Guidelines for ACTA CLINICA CROATICA
ACTA CLINICA CROATICA is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that employs a double-blind review process, ensuring that the identities of both authors and reviewers remain confidential throughout the evaluation.
As a reviewer, we kindly ask you to consider the following when conducting your assessment:
Key Points to Evaluate:
- Compliance with Submission Criteria: Ensure the manuscript adheres to the journal’s guidelines regarding length, scope, formatting, and presentation.
- Completion of Review Form: Provide clear responses to each question on the review form to reflect your evaluation of the manuscript’s overall quality.
- Balanced Critique: If you disagree with the authors’ views, you may allow them to stand provided they are evidence-based. Constructive criticism is highly valued and welcomed by both the editorial team and the authors.
- Rejection Justification: If you recommend that the manuscript be declined, please provide detailed and thoughtful reasoning. Thorough feedback—whether positive or negative—is appreciated.
Review Form Evaluation Criteria:
Please assess the manuscript based on the following questions:
- Is the manuscript relevant to the journal’s readership?
- Does the title accurately reflect the content?
- Is the abstract informative and sufficient when read independently?
- Does the introduction clearly define the subject, research context, and relevance?
- Are the methods and materials appropriately detailed and clearly described?
- Are the results presented clearly and logically?
- Does the discussion connect the findings with existing literature and knowledge?
- Are the interpretations and conclusions supported by the data?
- Is the structure and organization of the manuscript coherent and clear?
- Is the length of the manuscript appropriate for its content?
- Are illustrations and tables adequate, relevant, and informative?
- Are the references appropriate, sufficient, and compliant with the journal’s reference style?
(Refer to: NLM Reference Style)
Overall Manuscript Evaluation
Please select one of the following options:
- A – Accept without changes
- B – Accept with minor revisions
- C – Major revisions required before reconsideration
- D – Reject
Suggested Manuscript Category
Please classify the manuscript into one of the following categories:
- A – Original Scientific Paper
- B – Preliminary Communication
- C – Review Article
- D – Professional Paper
- E – Conference Paper
- F – Case Report
We encourage you to include comments and elaborations where appropriate, as well as any additional remarks that may assist the authors and editors in their evaluation.
You may download the review form (in Microsoft Word format) using the following link:
ACTA_Clinica_Croatica_Review_Form
