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Referee Report Form


Technical Note


Journal of Environmental Monitoring
Editorial Office, Cambridge, UK

Your ReSourCe identifier: *


Your email address: *

 (a copy will be sent to this address)

Paper reference number: *

 (e.g. B012345A)


Criteria for Acceptance

Journal of Environmental Monitoring Technical Notes should offer practical solutions to problems of interest to the environmental science community. They are limited to 3 journal pages (this is approximately 2000 words and 3 figures). Please note that the current rejection rate for this journal is 75%.



  1. How would you rate this paper relative to other papers published in Journal of Environmental Monitoring?*

    Top 10%
    Top 25%
    Top 50%
    Bottom 50%


  2. Does this article fall within the scope of the journal? *

    Yes
    No


  3. Does the article's title adequately reflect its content? *

    Yes
    No


  4. Are the objectives, salient features and important quantitative data stated in the abstract? *

    Yes
    No


  5. Is the article's length commensurate with its content? (Please consider any relevant page limits when answering) *

    Yes
    No

    If the article is too long, please include in your comments recommendations for deleting text, tables or illustrations.


  6. Could any material be transferred to the RSC's Electronic Supplementary Information area? *

    Yes
    No

    Please give details in your comments.


  7. Are the references up-to-date and accessible, and have all key references been cited? *

    Yes
    No

    Please give details in your comments of any citations that have been omitted.


  8. What contribution does this paper make to the subject area it addresses? *



    1 = Poor, 10 = Outstanding


  9. What is your recommendation? *

    Accept - unchanged
    Accept - with minor revisions
    Accept - with major revisions
    Reconsider - after major revisions
    Reject - fragmentation/lack of new material - see comments
    Reject - lack of novelty/significance - see comments
    Reject - scientific reasons - see comments
    Reject - other - see comments

    Your recommendation cannot be used unless justification is provided. Please support your recommendation in your comments.



If you recommend acceptance you must provide details to support this decision and you should outline any revisions (which should be achievable within 10 days) and indicate any additional experimental evidence required to support the results (e.g. as Electronic Supplementary Information).

If you recommend rejection you must provide details to support this decision. If you feel that work may be suitable for publication elsewhere please indicate the most appropriate journal and format.


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