Reviewer ResourcesInternational Epilepsy Journal
IEJ provides guidance and templates to help reviewers deliver clear, consistent feedback.
Resources for Reviewers
Review templates, ethics guidance, and reporting standards are available to support consistent evaluation.
Guidelines and Checklists
Resources include summaries of reporting guidelines and clinical study checklists relevant to epilepsy research.
Reviewer Toolkit
Structured tools improve consistency and speed.
Review Templates
Organize feedback into major and minor issues.
Reporting Guides
CONSORT, STROBE, and PRISMA reminders.
Ethics Notes
Confidentiality, consent, and data privacy prompts.
Statistical Aids
Pointers for effect sizes, bias, and rigor checks.
Consistency
Structured tools help maintain clear and respectful feedback that supports author revisions.
Review Templates
Templates provide a consistent format for summary, major issues, and minor comments. They include prompts for methodological rigor, clinical relevance, and data integrity. Using the template helps keep feedback actionable and reduces time spent on organizing your review. It also supports fair comparisons across submissions and clearer editorial decisions for authors and editors overall too.
Reporting Standards
Guides summarize CONSORT, STROBE, PRISMA, and epilepsy-specific reporting items. Reviewers can check for missing flow diagrams, endpoint definitions, or statistical assumptions. This ensures manuscripts meet transparency expectations and reduces corrections during production. We also provide examples of strong reporting for epilepsy trials and audits. These examples clarify the level of detail expected for reviewers and authors.
Ethics and Confidentiality
Resources include quick references for informed consent, participant eligibility, and data privacy. Reviewers are reminded to avoid conflicts and to report concerns about ethics, duplicate publication, or image manipulation. Clear escalation paths help protect patient safety and research integrity. This support ensures consistent, responsible decision making across reviewers and editors for each submission we handle.
Statistical Support
If a manuscript uses advanced statistics, reviewers can request additional methodological review. We provide pointers on interpreting effect sizes, confidence intervals, and missing data strategies. This support improves accuracy and reduces the risk of overstated conclusions. Guidance is also available for diagnostic accuracy studies and translational research when relevant to epilepsy topics and audits.
Tone and Clarity
We share examples of constructive language and phrasing that guides authors toward revisions. Reviewers can reference these examples to keep comments specific, respectful, and solution oriented. Clear tone reduces revision cycles and strengthens the reviewer-author relationship. It also helps editors craft consistent decision letters when consolidating feedback into final decisions for submissions and responses on time.
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