1. Purpose of the referee’s report
The referee’s report is essential to the editorial process. Your suggestions will have a major influence on our decisions and the author will benefit from your critical comments.

2. Anonymity
Your comments and suggestions will be used anonymously unless you explicitly mention that you wish to reveal your identity. Correspondingly, the author’s paper should be held in confidence.

3. Structure of the referee’s report
Your report should have three parts:

a. A Report to the Editor recommending the action to be taken on the manuscript and including any other comments for the Editor (but not for the author).

b. The completed Checklist for Referees (intended for the Editor only and not to be shown to the author).

c. Comments for the Author, which will be sent from the Editor to the author. Include the name of the author and the title of the manuscript, but not your name or any other information that could identify you. The Comments for the Author should not include your recommendations to the Editor. The main purpose of the Comments for the Author is to inform the author as clearly as possible of your critical comments and suggestions. Try to encourage the author to develop the manuscript. On the other hand, it is useless to encourage the author to make something out of nothing. The Comments for the Author may range from details to broad evaluations.