Step to complete the review of a paper

One: Accept the invitation to peer review

Two: Read the paper

Three: write a brief summary of the article and its contribution

Four: write out your major criticisms of the paper

Five: Review

Element

A: Is well-organized ?

B: Does the article contain all of the compentions you would expect?

C: Are the sections well-developed?

D: Does the author do a good job of synthesizing the literature?

E: Does the author answer the question he/she sets out to answer?

F: Is the methodologe clearly explained?

G: Does the theory connect to the data?

I: Is the article well-written and easy understding?