Article Review

INTRODUCTION

• Adequacy of the rationale of the research:
• The burden of the health problem:
• Mortality.
• Morbidity.
• Economic burden.
• Following the format of the publisher.
• Awareness of related work.
• Answers a valid research question.
• Un biased review of the literature (peer competition, drop previous answers to his research question) .
• Appropriate number of relevant references.
• Logic development of the argument
• The objective is stated in the last sentence.

Methodology

• Mistakes in this section could be fatal.
• Look at:
• Study design.
• Sample size (calculate according to the findings).
• Sampling technique.
• Case definition.
• Techniques of evaluation.
• Data management.
• Repeatability.

Results

• The significance of the results.
• Appropriate presentation of findings.
• The tables and figures are self explained.
• 1 table : 1000 word.
• The flow of the findings is logic
• and online with the objectives.

Discussion

• Discussion tell a story on their own.
• Gaps are pointed to.
• Ability to clarify the differences if any.
• The conclusions follow from the work described?
• The last sentence should be the ??????. (the conclusion)

References

• Are the references and citations formatted properly? Vancouver or Harvard style.
• Are the references "fully formed"?
• Are they retrievable?

Overall Recommendation

• Accept in its present form with no revisions
• Accept after minor revisions (re-review unnecessary)
• Accept after major revisions (after re-review)
• Reject but encourage re-submission in another form (e.g. short paper, poster)
• Reject