For Reviewers

Reviewers are essential in contributing to the quality of the South East European Journal of Economics and Business (SEEJ). All of our reviewers are volunteers who invest their time, effort and skillsets to further their peers’ research and facilitate the publication process. We are immensely grateful to all of you with whom we are collaborating as part of the double blind peer review process. Before you decide to become a SEEJ reviewer please read the following:

•    Check the Aims and the Scope of the Journal to ensure that your comments are in accordance with the Journal’s policy.
•    Read the abstract first to see if what the authors are stating makes logical sense, and if it is written in a way that is comprehensible.  
•    Number your comments so that the authors can easily refer to them.
•    Be specific and refer to the exact parts of the paper where changes should occur.
•    Be careful not to identify yourself.
•    Be critical. It is easier to overturn very critical comments than to overturn favourable comments.
•    Justify all criticisms by specific references to the text of the paper or to published literature.
•    Avoid repetition of the information that you provide.
•    Check whether the manuscript provides new contributions to the field or is a work that reproduces previously made observations.
•    Examine tables and figures to see if the legends are clear and if the tables and figures demonstrate what is stated in the text.
•    Investigate the soundness and appropriateness of the statistical analysis.
•    Read the discussion to see if it makes sense and if it reflects what the data in the article reports.
•    Look for unnecessary conjecture or unfounded conclusions that are not based on the evidence presented.
•    Check whether the manuscript is concise and well organized.
•    Check whether the quality of the figures or photos conforms to the standards required for accurate reproduction.
•    Look for inconsistencies in the hypothesis, methods, statistical analysis and other parts of the work.  
•    Inform editors about any suspicion of scientific fraud or plagiarism involved in the manuscript.
•    Provide a clear recommendation. Do not put "I will leave the decision to the editor" unless you are genuinely unsure of your recommendation.