ETHICAL GUIDELINES FOR REVIEWERS:

JJMDC follows ICJME guidelines for peer review process. Manuscripts submitted to journals are privileged communications that are authors’ private, confidential property, and authors may be harmed by premature disclosure of any or all of a manuscript’s details.

In this context Reviewers:

  • Should keep manuscripts and the information they contain strictly confidential.
  • Must not publicly discuss authors’ work and must not appropriate authors’ ideas before the manuscript is published.
  • Must not retain the manuscript for their personal use and should destroy copies of manuscripts after submitting their reviews.
  • Who seek assistance from a trainee or colleague in the performance of a review should acknowledge these individuals’ contributions in the written comments submitted to the editor. These individuals must maintain the confidentiality of the manuscript as outlined above.
  • Are expected to respond promptly to requests to review and to submit reviews within the time agreed. Reviewers’ comments should be constructive, honest, and polite.
  • Should declare their relationships and activities that might bias their evaluation of a manuscript and recuse themselves from the peer-review process if a conflict exists.