Reviewer Guidelines

Thank you for agreeing to review for ARSHI Veterinary Letters. Peer review is essential for maintaining the quality, integrity, and clinical relevance of the articles we publish.

As a reviewer, you act on behalf of the journal and its community of authors, clinicians, researchers, and readers. Your expertise helps ensure that each manuscript is evaluated fairly, rigorously, and constructively.

1. Before You Accept the Invitation

Before accepting a review invitation, please consider the following:

  • Ensure that you have the appropriate expertise to review the manuscript, particularly in veterinary clinical practice, diagnostics, treatment or intervention, case reporting, or applied biomedical sciences.
  • Confirm that you have no conflict of interest, including financial, institutional, personal, or professional conflicts with the authors, their institutions, or the subject of the manuscript.
  • Verify that the manuscript is within the scope of ARSHI Veterinary Letters, including clinical case reports, case series, applied veterinary studies, and relevant veterinary topics, including but not limited to tropical and Southeast Asian contexts.
  • Ensure that you are able to complete the review within the requested timeframe.
  • Commit to maintaining the confidentiality of the manuscript and all related materials.

2. Conducting the Review

When reviewing a manuscript, please provide a fair, objective, and constructive evaluation. The following aspects should be considered:

Originality and Relevance

  • Does the case or study provide a clinically significant, scientifically relevant, or educationally valuable contribution to veterinary medicine?
  • Is the manuscript relevant to veterinary clinical practice, animal health, diagnostics, therapeutics, or applied biomedical sciences?
  • Is the manuscript free from plagiarism, redundant publication, duplicate submission, or inappropriate fragmentation of previous work?

Methodology and Data Integrity

  • Are the methods, diagnostic procedures, interventions, treatments, and outcomes described clearly and in sufficient detail?
  • Are the data presented accurately, completely, and without misleading interpretation or manipulation?
  • For case reports, are the clinical history, diagnostic work-up, treatment, outcome, and discussion clearly described and practically relevant?
  • Are ethical approval, owner consent, and animal welfare considerations properly addressed when applicable?

Structure and Clarity

  • Is the manuscript well organized, including the title, abstract, introduction, case presentation or methods, discussion, conclusion, and references?
  • Is the language clear, concise, and understandable for clinicians, researchers, and readers in veterinary medicine?
  • Are figures and tables of sufficient quality, properly labelled, and appropriate to support the content?

Ethics and Transparency

  • Are conflicts of interest and funding sources clearly disclosed?
  • Has the manuscript followed relevant reporting guidelines, such as CARE for case reports or ARRIVE for animal studies, where applicable?
  • Are reused materials, including text, data, images, or figures, properly cited and acknowledged?

3. Recommendation Categories

Please provide a clear recommendation to the editor using one of the following categories:

  • Accept
  • Minor Revision
  • Major Revision
  • Reject

Reviewers are encouraged to provide constructive comments to the authors. Please identify both the strengths and weaknesses of the manuscript and provide practical guidance for improvement where appropriate.

4. Confidentiality and Professionalism

  • The manuscript and any supporting data are confidential. Do not share, copy, distribute, or discuss the manuscript outside the journal’s editorial system.
  • Treat the authors’ ideas, data, and scholarly work with respect and integrity.
  • Do not use any part of the manuscript under review for your own research or personal advantage before publication.
  • Declare any previously unreported conflicts of interest immediately to the editorial office.

5. Review Timeline and Recognition

Please submit your review within the timeframe specified by the editorial office. Timely reviews help accelerate editorial decisions and support the dissemination of clinically relevant veterinary knowledge.

ARSHI Veterinary Letters sincerely acknowledges the valuable contributions of reviewers. Reviewers may opt in for recognition through available reviewer credit systems, such as ORCID or other appropriate platforms, when applicable.

By following these guidelines, reviewers contribute significantly to the mission of ARSHI Veterinary Letters: to publish high-quality, clinically relevant veterinary reports that support the advancement of veterinary medicine, particularly in tropical and Southeast Asian regions.

Thank you for your time, expertise, and commitment. If you have any questions about the review process, please contact the editorial office.