Scientific paper review form
General information:
- Title of the paper
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- General narrative comments
Area | Checklist items | Grading from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree) | Explanations |
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(Provide an explanation to justify your grading of each of the items) | |||
Overall assessment of the paper | The background introduces a specific question and spells out objectives based on a description of general and specific issues. | ||
The methods section provides sufficient information on design, sampling, definitions, data collection, laboratory methods and data analysis. | |||
The results section reports sound scientific data that meet the objectives. There are enough details and adequate statistical information. | |||
The discussion section interprets the results to build a case based on the data presented and the literature. | |||
The limitations are described and analysed so that their impact on the capacity to conclude is well understood. | |||
The paper suggests the next steps in terms of intervention and gathering additional evidence based on the evidence presented. | |||
Methods | The design is adequate to meet the objectives. | ||
The population is well defined and relevant to the objectives. | |||
Definitions are specified, sound and based upon standardized criteria when available. | |||
Sampling methods are statistically sound and adapted. | |||
The sample size was estimated beforehand appropriately and is adequate. | |||
The design is exempt from bias. | |||
The data that were collected are well-described and relevant. | |||
The data was collected with methods ensuring sufficient quality. | |||
The analysis is thought out beforehand and appropriate. | |||
The indicators generated are appropriate and well-calculated. | |||
The statistical tests are appropriate and well-computed. | |||
Appropriate attention has been given to human subject protection. | |||
Writing | The content is well distributed in the relevant chapters and sections. | ||
The language is simple and clear. The word count is < 3000. | |||
The writing is sequential, going from one point to the next. | |||
The active voice is used throughout. | |||
The vocabulary is precise, consistent and standardized. | |||
Tables and figures | There are no more than five relevant and useful tables and or figures. | ||
The choice of graph or table to display information is judicious. | |||
The tables are clear, and exact, and the totals add up. | |||
The graphs are effective, appropriate and understandable, and have a low ink-to-data ratio. |
FEM PAGE CONTRIBUTORS 2007
- Original author
- yvan.hutin