Iranian Journal of Veterinary Science and Technology (IJVST) follows and adheres to: COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers.
Confidentiality: Manuscripts under peer review should be strictly confidential. Reviewers must not share manuscripts or discuss their content with anyone outside the peer review process. Reviewers should not discuss the manuscript with anyone other than the IJVST Editor, nor should they discuss any information from the manuscript without permission
Conflicts of interest: Reviewers should not review manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections.
What should be checked while reviewing a manuscript :
Novelty
Originality
Scientific reliability
Valuable contribution to the science
Adding new aspects to the existed field of study
Ethical aspects
Structure of the article submitted and its relevance to authors’ guidelines
References provided to substantiate the content
Grammar, punctuation and spelling
Scientific misconduct