This guide is written to help you peer review manuscripts submitted to Egyptian Journal of Food Safety. Reading this should answer most of the queries you have and guide you in completing a peer review report in the most thorough and prompt way to ensure the paper is properly reviewed and published quickly. If you have any further queries, please submit them to our Editorial Office.  

Our philosophy on peer review:

Authors have historically complained of the time it takes to get a paper published. Egyptian Journal of Food Safety tries hard to process papers as properly, fairly and rapidly as possible. As a result, peer reviewers are asked to submit their comments within 7 days.

All manuscripts submitted to Egyptian Journal of Food Safety are subject to double-blind peer review. We believe that using anonymous peer reviewers is the best way to get honest opinions on papers. Egyptian Journal of Food Safety requires that peer reviewers not contact authors directly. You should consider the  Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers before accepting to review a manuscript and throughout the peer review process. 

Why is peer review important? 

Peer reviewers’ comments and recommendations are an essential guide to inform the editor’s decision on a manuscript. Peer review ensures that manuscripts receive unbiased critique and expert feedback, allowing authors to improve their manuscript and therefore high-quality scientific research and reviews to be published. It also helps the readers to trust the scientific integrity of the article and to make informed decisions where peer reviewer comments are available.

The Peer Reviewer:

After receiving a request to peer review it is essential that peer reviewers respond in a timely fashion, particularly if they cannot do the review, to avoid unnecessarily delaying the process.

Peer reviewers should declare any conflicts of interest, and possess sufficient knowledge in the field to perform a thorough assessment of the manuscript.

Peer reviewers must keep any information regarding the identity of the authors and the content of the manuscript confidential.

Peer review comments should be objective and constructive without being of a hostile nature.