The reviewers are kindly requested to:

• Notify the Editor-in-Chief and excuse themselves immediately if they found themselves unqualified to review the submitted manuscript.
• Declare any conflict of interest when receiving a manuscript for evaluation.
• Keep the confidentiality of the submitted manuscript.
• Assess the manuscript – within the allotted period – on scientific merits only, indicating originality, accuracy of results, adequacy of references, clarity and organization of the manuscript.
• Write a detailed report that contains their comments on the manuscript to be communicated to the author(s).
• Write optional confidential remarks about the manuscript to be communicated to the editor-in-chief.
• NOTE: All research projects will be reviewed through a blind peer-review process.