Research and development in private law

Research and development in private law

Reviewerguide

We greatly appreciate the time and effort our reviewers dedicate to ensuring the quality of articles published in the Journal of Research and Development in Private Law. To facilitate the review process, we kindly request that all reviewers adhere to the following guidelines:

Reviewer Registration

  • When logging in to your review profile for the first time, please carefully complete your personal information, including organizational affiliation, ORCID, review fields, and bank account information (if applicable).
  • If the submitted paper is outside your area of expertise or you are unable to complete the review within the allotted time, please promptly withdraw from the review process. If possible, suggest alternative reviewers who may be better suited to evaluate the manuscript.

Confidentiality and Objectivity

  • All materials associated with the review process, including the manuscript, author information, and your comments, must remain confidential. Do not share this information with anyone other than the journal editors.
  • Reviewers should assess the manuscript objectively based on its technical soundness, scientific validity, and adherence to the journal's scope and guidelines. Personal biases or conflicts of interest should not influence the review.
  • If you have a potential conflict of interest, such as a direct competitive, collaborative, or personal relationship with the authors, please disclose this to the editors immediately and withdraw from the review process.

Review Submission

  • When submitting your review, answer all questions in the review form thoroughly and provide constructive feedback to help the authors improve their manuscript.
  • If you include comments directly on the manuscript text, ensure that your name is not visible. To remove your name in Microsoft Word, go to File > Options > General > Personalize your copy of Microsoft Office and update the User name field.

Ethical Principles

  • All reviewers are expected to read and adhere to the journal's ethical principles of publication, which can be found in the "Ethical Principles" section of the journal's website.

Publons Registration (optional)

  • Reviewers interested in registering their reviews in the Publons database can forward the "thank you" email received from the journal after the review process to reviews@webofscience.com.
Thank you for your valuable contributions to the Journal of Research and Development in Comparative Law. Your expertise and dedication help maintain the high standards of our publication