Journal of Maize Research and Development

ISSN: 2467-9291 (Print);2467-9305 (Online)

DOI Prefix:10.3126/jmrd

Review Form

Manuscript Number
Title / ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Date (Manuscript Submitted to Journal)
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Please check the box ☑ wherever required to show your opinion
How do you like to evaluate the manuscript?
(Please specify at the end if rejected) / Reject
⃣ / Acceptable
⃣ / Major Revision ⃣ / Moderate Revision ⃣ / Minor Revision ⃣
Does the title clearly represent the main theme and contents of the manuscript? / ⃣ Yes / ⃣ Need Modification / ⃣ Out of Scope
Does manuscript includes the stated aims and scope of the journal? / ⃣ Yes / ⃣ Need Modification / ⃣ Out of Scope
Does the manuscript followed the format specified by the journal / ⃣ Yes / ⃣ Need Modification / ⃣ Out of Scope
Manuscript Structure / Excellent / Good / Poor / Comments (if any)
English level? / ⃣ / ⃣ / ⃣
Research question formulated? / ⃣ / ⃣ / ⃣
How does the abstract reflect the content of the article? / ⃣ / ⃣ / ⃣
How clearly is the purpose and objective(s) stated? / ⃣ / ⃣ / ⃣
How the literature review is described the importance of proposed article? / ⃣ / ⃣ / ⃣
How the article has raised the current emerging issues? / ⃣ / ⃣ / ⃣
How scientific is the methodology in solving the issues? / ⃣ / ⃣ / ⃣
Results analysed and discussed? / ⃣ / ⃣ / ⃣
Discussion and reference to support the result obtained? / ⃣ / ⃣ / ⃣
How the conclusion reflects the main outcomes? / ⃣ / ⃣ / ⃣
Figures presented? / ⃣ / ⃣ / ⃣
Tables presented? / ⃣ / ⃣ / ⃣
Equation and formulas descriptive? / ⃣ / ⃣ / ⃣
How the article followed guidelines of this journal? / ⃣ / ⃣ / ⃣
Plagiarized percentage / ⃣ <20% / ⃣ >20% / ⃣ Published elsewhere
Recommended Changes to be done
Please recommend specific changes in the writing. (Review comments may also be listed by page and line number in the table on the end of this form, or marked on the manuscript. Please focus primarily on technical issues and use additional pages if necessary.)
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Comments of reviewer
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  • Direct academic cooperation during the last two years prior to conducting the review.

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