Reviewer Guidelines
Standards for wildlife peer review excellence.
Peer Review Principles
Peer reviewers provide expert evaluation ensuring published wildlife research meets rigorous standards for scientific validity and conservation relevance.
Review Responsibilities
Scientific Validity
Assess research questions, methodology appropriateness, data sufficiency, and conclusion validity. Identify logical flaws or unsupported claims.
Methodological Rigor
Evaluate experimental design, sample sizes, controls, and statistical analyses. Consider reproducibility potential.
Conservation Contribution
Consider novelty, significance, and relevance to wildlife science. Does the work advance understanding or management?
Ethical Conduct
Maintain strict confidentiality of manuscript content. Decline invitations when conflicts of interest exist. Report suspected misconduct to handling editor. Complete reviews within 21 days.
Constructive Feedback: Frame comments constructively focusing on how manuscripts could be improved. Distinguish essential revisions from suggestions.
