Dr. Denton outlined a few guidelines for reviewing papers properly.

• Conflict of Interest - must be reported and lead to the rejection of the reviewing
• A reviewer has always the option to decline the reviewing of a paper for undisclosed reasons
• Importance of quality - Comments and suggestions made to the authors of a paper must be correct and sound
• Don't get carried away - Rather than commenting on how something should be done, comment on how clearly or sound things are that were done
• Summarize - the first few sentences of a review should summarize the paper, its approach, etc. to show the authors that the paper was read and to show the editor and authors that the paper was understood
• Do not focus on grammar and spelling - You are not supposed to review the paper because of your English expertise, but because of your domain expertise
• Corrections - When suggesting corrections, focus on formulae and figures

Domain Expertise

• Correctness of figures
• Correctness of formulas and math
• Sufficient experimental details