Guidelines for Reviewers

Peer Reviewer’s Feedback

Title of the Article/Research Paper:

Kindly use the following five point rating scale to evaluate the worthiness of the article:

Excellent=1
Very Good=2
Good=3
Average=4
Poor=5
NA= Not Applicable

Kindly bold the scoring given below against each criterion to indicate your response.

S. No. Criteria for Evaluation 1 2 3 4 5 NA
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The article is based on rigorous research and academic standards.

1 2 3 4 5 NA
 2 The article is written in proper format as per the recent trend and easily accessible to the readers.

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2 3 4 5

NA

 3

The article is well presented, clearly written and systematically organized.

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2 3 4 5

NA

 4

The article has followed brief abstract and proper introduction supported by evidence.

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2 3 4 5

NA

 5

The article has well grounded rationale and need for the undertaken study.

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2 3 4 5

NA

 6

The article has followed systematic and proper methodology such as research design, sampling technique, reliability and validity of the tool, data collection procedure and data analysis.

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2 3 4 5

NA

 7

The article has clear result based on analysis and discussions are based on the results.

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2 3 4 5

NA

 8

The article has clearly mentioned implication and conclusion of the study and whether they are useful and relevant. Whether all references cited are correct.

1 2 3 4 5

NA

 9

The article is interesting and will be able to contribute for the knowledge of the field of special education and disability management.

1 2 3 4 5

NA

 10

The article has easy readability and free from grammatical, punctuation and spelling errors.

1 2 3 4 5

NA

Reviewer’s Recommendation

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