GUIDELINES FOR ADVISERS

The process of publication in Reports comprises four steps: submission, advice, acceptance and formatting. The complete series of actions is more rapid than the traditional peer review process, and is in better agreement with our opinion on what should be the communication of knowledge.

The advice of an article is carried out by an adviser proposed by the author (a resercher, professor or colleague), a member of the Reports Advisory Board, or a person designated by the Editor.

The adviser is a person having the power to recommend. This power comes from his position in an academic institution, his previous publication of works in the field, or the general reconnaissance of his contributions in the area of interest. The adviser give his positive opinion about: the coincidence of the work scope with that of Reports, the scientific nature of the employed methods, the clarity of explanations (for people working in the corresponding area), and the use of an appropriate tone for Reports; but he is not a referee, i.e. a person who judges the importance or the conclusions of the work. All readers can express their opinions on the works published in Reports (in the Comments section) or in the Online Forum. This comments and opinions will be available together with the work in our site. Thus, the evaluation or recognition of a work is not a job for few persons: is a work for Reports readers.

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