Review Template

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CONFIDENTIAL

Article:

We would appreciate your assessment of the attached paper, which has been submitted to the journal.  Your report should be typewritten if possible and should be in a form for suitable onward transmission to the author if necessary. 
Please keep a copy of your report for future reference.

In general your report should remain unsigned but it was agreed at an editorial board meeting that occasionally it would be helpful, when producing an article suitable for publication, if the referee were to make personal contact with the author.  Please indicate on your report if you wish to do this.  Alternatively you may suggest a resource local to the author who might guide him.

There is no need to return the paper unless you wish to write any comments in the text, in which case the relevant sheets only will suffice.

If you are unable to let me have a report within 14 days please return the article as soon as possible so that it can be sent to another assessor.

Thank you for your assistance.

Yours sincerely

JOHN PITTS
Editor

[  ] First submission

[  ] Second submission.  Is this now suitable for publication?                           [  ] Please refer to the journal's statistician

Confidential recommendation to the Editor

General Standard of paper.  As submitted:

[  ] Good

[  ] Satisfactory

[  ] Disappointing

[  ] Poor

After any necessary revision would you recommend publication?

[  ] Yes, definitely

[  ] Yes, possibly

[  ] Probably not

[  ] Definitely not

Extent of revision required:

[  ] None

[  ] Minor

[  ] Major

[  ] Not worthwhile

ASSESSOR'S REPORT

Please consider: relevance; interest/importance; originality; standard of research; context by reference to literature; clarity/style; aims expressed; coherence; appropriate length; application elsewhere; and whether it is self critical, accurate and honest.