Responding to the invitation

Please respond to the review invitation within seven days. Please decline if the topic lies outside your expertise, if you believe you know the author, or if you have worked with the author in the last three years. Suggesting a suitable alternative reviewer is a great help to the editor.

Deadlines

The deadline for the first review is three weeks; a reminder is sent at the end of the second week. The deadline for reviewing a revised text is two weeks. If you cannot finish in time, please let the editor know in advance.

Confidentiality

The manuscript you review is confidential. Do not share it with others, quote it or use it in your own work. Do not upload the manuscript or any part of it to AI tools, and do not generate your report with AI.

Writing the report

• Begin the report by summarizing the manuscript in two or three sentences; this shows how you read it.
• Give major and minor issues under separate headings.
• Pair each criticism with a specific suggestion the author can act on.
• Instead of listing typos one by one, a general note is enough.
• Avoid personal or dismissive language; criticism should address the work.
• Suggested references should be genuinely necessary; do not make citations to your own work a condition.

The journal's specific criteria

• Data and code availability: if data and code are shared, check whether the link works and whether the analysis is understandable; if not, assess whether the stated reason is adequate.
• Implications for practice: assess whether this section really follows from the findings and connects to a concrete context of practice.
• From the Field papers: practitioner reviewers are asked in particular to assess the paper's accuracy in practice and its usefulness for practitioners.

Review form

Reviews are submitted through the online form in the journal system. The form covers 12 criteria (Inadequate, Needs improvement, Adequate, Good), comments for the author, confidential comments for the editor and the reviewer declaration.

Acknowledgement

Every reviewer receives a certificate of reviewing on request. At the end of each year, the journal publishes the list of reviewers who served that year.