The Paddy and Water Environment (PWE) is to devote to the advancement and dissemination of scientific knowledge and technology of water and environment related disciplines in paddy farming. It is an international English journal to cover all the paddy-farming related scientific and technological aspects in agricultural engineering such as irrigation and drainage, soil and water conservation, land and water resources management, paddy multi-functionality, agricultural policy, regional planning, bioenvironmental systems, and ecological conservation in paddy farming.<\/p>\n
Purpose of Peer Review<\/strong> Reviewers<\/strong> Standards for Manuscripts<\/strong><\/p>\n Articles<\/strong>: Articles are research-oriented papers. The manuscript of the papers must meet the following requirement;\uff08a\uff09The material should present original and important academic contributions to the fields of study covered by the PWE; (b)The manuscript should clearly state the scope and purpose;\uff08c\uff09The information should be well organized and be presented objectively:\uff08d\uff09The conclusions should be adequately supported\uff0e Checklist for Comments<\/strong><\/p>\n Invitation letter to reviewer<\/strong> As the Editor of the journal Paddy and Water Environment I want to ask you if you could review the article “*****************************.” for a possible publication in our journal.<\/p>\n This is the abstract: If you would like to review this paper, please click this link:\u00a0 http:\/\/pawe.edmgr.com\/l.asp?i=457&l=3G6SWGQQ<\/a> * If the above links do not work, please go to http:\/\/pawe.edmgr.com\/<\/a>. The manuscript reference is PAWE-D-08-00016R1.<\/p>\n If possible, I would appreciate receiving your review in 21 days. You may submit your comments online at the above URL.\u00a0 There you will find spaces for confidential comments to the editor, comments for the author and a report form to be completed.<\/p>\n Yours sincerely,<\/p>\n Thank you letter for agreeing to review<\/strong><\/p>\n Dear Dr. ******,<\/p>\n Thank you for agreeing to review manuscript PAWE-D-09-00031 for Paddy and Water Environment. There you will find spaces for confidential comments to the editor, comments for the author and a report form to be completed. With kind regards<\/p>\n
\nFunctions of the peer review should be to make a decision whether manuscripts have suitable contents in order to publish the Journal or not. Thus, functions of the peer review should not be to criticize or argue the manuscripts.<\/p>\n
\nThe peer reviewers who should be an appropriate person related to areas of manuscripts will be selected from the Editing Board of PWE. In some specialized fields, the peer reviewers are selected from outside of the Editing Board. These peer reviewers should not be announced to public.<\/p>\n\n
\nTechnical Reports<\/strong>: Technical reports are application-oriented papers. The manuscript of the reports must meet the following requirements;\uff08a\uff09The material should present original and important contributions to the research applications in the fields of study covered by the PWE;\uff08b\uff09It should emphasize the application of engineering knowledge and skills;\uff08c\uff09The\u3000information should be well organized and be presented objectively, and the scope and purpose should be clearly stated;\uff08d\uff09The conclusions should be useful for easy adaptation by others; (e) The case study based on certain interesting projects should be reported in this category.
\nReviews<\/strong>: Reviews are papers dealing with all aspects of paddy-farming related scientific and technological aspects in agricultural engineering. Authoritative and critical reviews of the current state of knowledge are preferred.
\nShort Communications<\/strong>: Short communications are concise but complete explanation of limited investigation on the update topics in the fields of PWE.<\/ol>\n\n
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\nPlease note: Most authors are more responsive to a reviewer’s criticism if it is couched in constructive terms. Please be as specific as possible when citing poor documentation of results, superfluous passages, or inadequate referencing (i.e., identify the offending paragraphs and missing citations). Vague criticisms are of little use to either the editor or the authors.
\nIn general, the equivalent of 10 printed pages (not more 32 manuscript pages including references, acknowledgments, footnotes, tables and figures) should be considered the limit for any manuscript recommended for publication. In view of the number of manuscripts submitted every year, the editorial board is anxious to avoid publishing manuscripts which record yet another example of a well-known process or are concerned with phenomena of purely local interest.<\/p>\n