Guide for Reviewers
Information for Reviewers
1. Acknowledgement

Universal Wiser adheres to the quality of scholarly journals under a highly efficient and rigorous peer-review process. We always welcome researchers and experts to join our peer review team to assess the validity, quality and the originality of articles for publication. There will be two or three reviewers assigned to do the reviewing for each article. We hereby express our heartfelt thanks and sincere respect to all the reviewers who have made contributions to the manuscript review.

2. ReviewerApplication

● Accept or decline any invitations quickly, based on the manuscript title and abstract;

● Suggest alternative reviewers if an invitation must be declined;

● Request an extension in case more time is required to compose a review report.

As part of the assessment, reviewers will be asked:

● To rate the originality, significance, quality of the presentation,  scientific soundness, interest to the readers, overall  merit and English level of the manuscript;

● To provide an overall recommendation for the publication of the manuscript;

● To provide a detailed, constructive review report.

If you want to be a  reviewer of Universal Wiser, please contact our editorial office for application.


3. Benefits and Pledges

As a reviewer, you will enjoy the following benefits and pledges:

● Universal Wiser will prioritize the publication of the articles from you. Reviewers have the right to recommend articles to the Publisher. All articles recommended by reviewers will be prioritized upon acceptance after peer-review.

● Reviewers can keep a record of every review performed for publisher's journals by adding reviewing information on his or her public profiles on Publons, the world's largest peer review platform.

● Reviewers will be invited to participate in academic conferences or scientific meetings organized by the Publisher for free attendance fee.

● Outstanding reviewers who have a good performance on reviewing work will be awarded an annual special prize.



4. Confidentiality and Anonymity

All the journals published by Universal Wiser will uphold double blind peer review. Reviewers should be careful not to reveal their identity to the authors, either in their comments or in metadata for reports submitted in Microsoft Word or PDF format. Reviewers should keep the content of the manuscript, including the abstract, confidential.

Some journals offer authors the possibility to publish review reports with their paper and for reviewers to sign their open review reports. However, this will only be done at publication with your express permission. If this is the case, it will be noted in the message inviting you to review. In all other cases, review reports are considered confidential and will only be disclosed with the explicit permission of the reviewer.


5. Peer-review Process

The following is the peer review process of Universal Wiser:

All submitted manuscripts are checked by the editors firstly only those papers that seem most likely to meet our editorial criteria are sent for formal review. Those papers judged by the editors to be of insufficient general interest or otherwise inappropriate will be rejected promptly without external review.

For formal and external review, typically two or three reviewers will be invited for further checking and comments on each article. For reviewing invitation, the reviewer should make a quick response, accept or decline. If decline, the reviewers are welcomed to suggest alternatives who are available and capable of doing this work. If accept, the reviewer is expected to submit a review report of this manuscript, with a recommendation to accept or reject it – or else with a request for revision (usually flagged as either major or minor) before it is reconsidered. The editors then make a decision based on the reviewers' advice and feedback to authors.