Become A Reviewer
The International Journal of Emerging Advances in IVF and Assisted Reproduction welcomes qualified researchers, academicians, clinicians, healthcare professionals, reproductive medicine specialists, embryologists, and subject-matter experts who are interested in contributing to the peer-review process.
Serving as a reviewer provides an opportunity to support research quality, contribute to the scholarly community, and help maintain the integrity of scientific publishing.
1. Who Can Become a Reviewer?
Researchers and professionals with relevant academic or professional expertise in areas such as:
- In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)
- Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART)
- Fertility and Infertility
- Reproductive Medicine
- Reproductive Health
- Clinical Embryology
- Reproductive Endocrinology
- Gynecology and Obstetrics
- Male and Female Infertility
- Assisted Conception
- Fertility Preservation
- Gamete and Embryo Preservation
- Reproductive Genetics and Genomics
- Preimplantation Genetic Testing (PGT)
- Reproductive Immunology and Implantation
- IVF Laboratory Science and Technology
- Emerging Technologies in Assisted Reproduction
- Precision and Personalized Reproductive Medicine
- Clinical Fertility Care and Outcomes
- Related interdisciplinary fields
2. Reviewer Qualifications
Potential reviewers are generally expected to have:
- Relevant academic qualifications or research experience.
- Expertise in the subject area of the manuscript.
- Familiarity with scientific research and academic publishing.
- Ability to critically evaluate research methodology, results, and clinical relevance.
- Good written communication skills.
- Commitment to providing objective and constructive feedback.
- Awareness of research ethics, patient confidentiality, reproductive research standards, and publication integrity.
3. Reviewer Responsibilities
Reviewers are expected to:
- Evaluate manuscripts objectively and independently.
- Assess originality, scientific quality, methodology, and relevance.
- Provide clear and constructive comments.
- Identify major scientific, methodological, clinical, or ethical concerns.
- Check whether conclusions are adequately supported by the results.
- Identify important missing references where appropriate.
- Consider the ethical handling of human participants, clinical information, reproductive data, genetic information, and sensitive health information.
- Maintain confidentiality of submitted manuscripts.
- Declare potential conflicts of interest.
- Complete reviews within the agreed timeframe.
- Avoid inappropriate, offensive, discriminatory, or personal comments.
4. Confidentiality
Manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. Reviewers should not:
- Share manuscripts with unauthorized individuals.
- Discuss unpublished research with others.
- Use unpublished information for personal or professional benefit.
- Disclose confidential information about authors, participants, patients, or research findings.
- Upload confidential manuscript content to external AI tools or public platforms.
Particular care should be taken when manuscripts contain patient information, fertility treatment data, reproductive health records, genetic information, embryological data, gamete or embryo-related information, or other sensitive clinical information.
5. Conflict of Interest
Reviewers should decline an assignment if they have a conflict that could affect their impartiality, such as:
- Personal or professional relationships with the authors.
- Direct competition with the research.
- Financial interests related to the work.
- Recent collaboration with the authors.
- Institutional relationships that may affect independent judgment.
- Clinical or research relationships involving fertility clinics, reproductive healthcare organizations, or research laboratories that could influence the review.
- Other circumstances that could compromise impartiality.
6. How to Become a Reviewer
Researchers interested in reviewing for the International Journal of Emerging Advances in IVF and Assisted Reproduction may express their interest to the journal by providing relevant professional information, such as:
- Full name
- Institutional affiliation
- Academic qualifications
- Areas of expertise
- Research interests
- Publications or research experience
- Professional email address
Reviewer applications are subject to editorial consideration based on the journal's requirements, subject expertise, and current reviewing needs.
7. Recognition
Reviewers provide an important service to the academic and healthcare community by helping authors improve their research and supporting the quality of published literature in IVF, assisted reproductive technologies, fertility, embryology, and reproductive medicine.
Appropriate recognition of reviewer contributions may be provided in accordance with the journal's policies.
8. Commitment to Ethical Reviewing
The International Journal of Emerging Advances in IVF and Assisted Reproduction encourages reviewers to maintain objectivity, confidentiality, fairness, scientific integrity, patient privacy, and professional conduct throughout the peer-review process.
Researchers who are willing to contribute their expertise are encouraged to participate in the journal's reviewer community and support the advancement of high-quality research in IVF, assisted reproduction, fertility, infertility, reproductive medicine, clinical embryology, reproductive genetics, reproductive endocrinology, and related sciences.