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       REFEREE'S REPORT
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Paper title: 
Authors: 


I. SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION

SUMMARY OF EVALUATION

        _ Excellent    _ Good    _ Fair    _ Poor

RECOMMENDATION

        _ Accept with no changes
        _ Accept if certain minor revisions are made
        _ Major revision: needs to be re-written and re-evaluated
        _ Reject

II. GENERAL JUDGMENT

Taking into account the following coding:

 1=Very False, 2=False, 3=Neutral, 4=True, 5=Very True

please assign a number to the items.

1. The topic is relevant to the special issue: 

2. The author is familiar with the existing state of knowledge: 

3. The references are adequate: 

4. The title and abstract are appropriate: 

5. The paper is well presented and organized: 

6. The writing style/English is clear and understandable: 

7. This is a new and original contribution: 

8. The paper makes a valuable contribution to the issue topic: 

9. The interpretations and conclusions are sound and justified by the results: 

10. The paper is logically and technically correct: 


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III. COMMENTS FOR THE AUTHORS



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IV. COMMENTS FOR THE EDITORS (not shown to authors)

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