GUIDES FOR MANUSCRIPT REVIEW

(Original Research)

Reviewer:

Manuscript No.:

Date:

Title:

Please give us your opinion of the accompanying manuscript, which has been submitted for publication in the Egyptian Journal of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. Kindly write your comments clearly on a separate sheet and attach it to this form. Please bear in mind the following points in your evaluation:

 Title:

Is the title concise (10 words at most)?

Does it conform to the objectives and results of the study?

 Introduction: Are the study’s objectives clearly identified and adequately justified?

 Material and Methods:

Are the material and the methods described well?

How appropriate were they?

 Materials and methods: Is sufficient information given to understand how the study was done?

 Statistical analysis:

Were the appropriate tests used?

Are the results reported clearly?

 Results:

Are the results pertinent to the stated objectives?

Is sufficient information presented?

Are there unnecessary details?

 Discussion and conclusions:

Are the results of the study correctly interpreted?

Are the conclusions justified?

 Literature review:

Is it complete and up-to-date?

Are sufficient references given?

Are any essential references lacking?

 Suitability of the article and priority of the subject matter for the Egyptian Journal of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology? Is the information it provides new, already known, or of no interest?

Your (anonymous) comments will be sent to the authors to help them revise their manuscript for publication or to justify its rejection. If you wish to make comments that are not intended for the authors, please type them separately from your other comments and label them “For editor only”.

Thank you.

Kindly indicate your overall judgment of the article:

• Excellent
• Good
• Fair
• Bad
• Very bad

Recommendation:

• Should be published as is.
• Could be published with modifications as described in my comments.
• Should be rejected for the reasons given in my comments.

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