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ecancermedicalscience information for reviewers

ecancermedicalscience is a peer-reviewed online journal. Once a manuscript has been submitted one of the editors will approve it for review or reject the manuscript. If approved, the manuscript will be sent to one or more peer reviewers with the aim of reaching a first decision, within two weeks. The ecancermedicalscience Editorial Board members will suggest reviewers for each article.

Authors have no influence over choosing reviewers other than stating if there may be a conflict of interest in their cover letter. Any Reviewer with a conflict of interest will be asked to decline to review the manuscript; in accepting the invitation to review a manuscript you agree you have no conflict of interest. The reviewer will be sent a Manuscript Evaluation form to complete on line. A clearly marked part of the reviewer's report will be sent to the author(s).

Reviewers will be asked whether the manuscript is scientifically sound, truly innovative or particularly topical or interesting. The journal allows a maximum of one revision of any manuscript. If it is only acceptable if substantially altered, it is likely to be rejected unless it is judged to be of outstanding importance by reviewer(s) or the Editor. The ultimate responsibility for any decision lies with the editor.

Reviewers are also asked to indicate which articles they consider to be especially significant or suited for editorial comment. These articles may be given greater prominence and included in an ecancermedicalscience press release.

Once an article is accepted, the author will be sent the final manuscript in which they have 2 days to review and contact the editor with any changes if required, following this and in the event that the editor has not been contacted the manuscript will be published immediately online at ecancermedicalscience. Changes to the final manuscript are at the discretion of the editor.

By agreeing to review for the journal, you may be asked for subsequent views on adequacy of revision, and aptness of resulting correspondence. Letters to the editor rebutting a published article will be subject to the same peer review process as the original manuscript.

Authors and reviewers will be able to check the progress of a paper through the submission system at any time by logging into their account.