Reviewing a manuscript written by a fellow scientist is a privilege. However, it is a time-consuming responsibility. Hence, the TQFB's Editorial Board, authors, and audiences appreciate your willingness to accept this responsibility and dedication. The TQFB adheres to a double-masked peer-review process. This journal needs reviewers who can provide insightful and helpful comments on submitted manuscripts with a turnaround time of about 6 weeks. Maintaining TQFB as a high-quality scientific journal depends on reviewers with a high level of expertise and the ability to be objective, fair, and insightful in evaluating manuscripts.

Reviewers' Responsibilities

If TQFB's Editor-in-Chief has invited you to review a manuscript, please consider the following:

1. Review the manuscript critically but constructively and prepare detailed comments about the manuscript to help authors improve their work.
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 manuscript's suitability for publication in the journal.
5. Declaring to the editor any potential conflicts of interest concerning the authors or the manuscript content they are asked to review.
6. Reporting possible research misconduct.
7. Not making any use of the work described in the manuscript.
8. Not communicating directly with authors, if somehow they identify the authors and not identifying themselves to authors.
9. Not passing on the assigned manuscript to another reviewer.
10. Ensuring that the manuscript is of high quality and original work.
11. Inform the editor if they find the assigned manuscript under consideration in any other publication.
12. Writing a review report in English only.

 The following diagram depicts the reviewing procedure: