In collaboration with Iranian Watershed Management Association

Journal of "Watershed Engineering and Management" adheres to a  double-blind peer-reviewed process that is rapid and fair. In so doing,  "Watershed Engineering and Management"  needs reviewers who can provide insightful and helpful comments on submitted manuscripts within 2-4 weeks after the time they are accepted to review. 

Reviewers' Responsibilities

If you have been invited by "Watershed Engineering and Management" Editor-in-Chief to review a manuscript, please consider the following:

1. Reviewing manuscript critically but constructively and preparing detailed comments about the manuscript to help authors improve their works

2. Reviewing multiple versions of a manuscript as necessary

3. Providing all required information within established deadlines

4. Making recommendations to the editor regarding the suitability of the manuscript for publication in the journal

5. Declaring to the editor any potential conflicts of interest with respect to the authors or the content of a manuscript they are asked to review

6. Reporting possible research misconducts

7. Suggesting alternative reviewers in case they cannot review the manuscript for any reasons

8. Treating the manuscript as a confidential document

9. Not making any use of the work described in the manuscript

10. Not communicating directly with authors

11. Not identifying themselves to authors

12. Not passing on the assigned manuscript to another reviewer

13. Ensuring that the manuscript is of high quality and original work

14. Informing the editor if he/she finds the assigned manuscript is under consideration in any other publication to his/her knowledge

15. Writing review report in English only

 

 What Should Be Checked While Reviewing a Manuscript?

1. Novelty

2. Originality

3. Scientific reliability

4. Valuable contribution to the science

5. Adding new aspects to the existed field of study

6. Ethical aspects

7. Structure of the article submitted and its relevance to authors’ guidelines

8. References provided to substantiate the content

9. Grammar, punctuation and spelling

10. Scientific misconduct

 


List of reviewers of journal of "Watershed Engineering and Management" in 2022

List of reviewers of journal of "Watershed Engineering and Management" in 2021

List of reviewers of journal of "Watershed Engineering and Management" in 2020