Keystone Journal of Undergraduate Research Reviewer Form

A.   Importance of topics/issues to the specific field of study.

Unimportant                 Trivial                          Modest                   Important      Extremely Important

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B.   Quality of writing and other presentations (figures, tables, exhibits)

      Inadequate             Major Problems             Minor Problems             Good                Superior

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C.   Conceptual rigor (clarity of objectives, treatment of relevant literature, logical reasoning)

      Inadequate              Major Problems             Minor Problems             Good                Superior

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D.   Methodological rigor (research design, sampling, data collection/analyses as relevant to qualitative/quantitative data) skip if NA.

      Inadequate              Major Problems             Minor Problems             Good                Superior

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E.   General discussion and conclusions (implications, limitations, future research).

      Inadequate              Major Problems             Minor Problems             Good                Superior

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F.   Paper’s contribution to research in its current form.

         None                         Trivial                          Modest                 Important           Path breaking

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G.   Contribution if revised according to my accompanying comments.

         None                         Trivial                          Modest                 Important           Path breaking

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H.   Recommendation.

1    Reject unconditionally, because the likelihood of a successful revision is remote

2    Reject in current form, but allow resubmission of a substantially different version, according to my accompanying comments

3    Encourage revision, according to my accompanying comments

4    Accept conditionally, subject to minor revision, according to my accompanying comments

5    Accept unconditionally

I.    Reviewer Comments: Please provide clarification for scoring and any additional comments or suggestions in the space provided below.   Use the back or additional paper if needed.