For Reviewers

GMEISS Responsible Review Charter

All reviewers participating in GMEISS 2027 adhere to the highest standards of professional ethics, confidentiality, fairness, and academic integrity.

Five Guiding Principles

Every reviewer agrees to review by these principles

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Integrity

Scientific merits above personal opinion.

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Fairness

Equal treatment for all authors regardless of nationality, institution, gender, or career stage.

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Confidentiality

Protect unpublished research and intellectual property.

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Constructive Feedback

Help authors improve their work through respectful, evidence-based recommendations.

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Responsibility

Use professional judgement, disclose conflicts of interest, and refrain from relying on AI for scientific evaluations.

Reviewer Selection and Responsibilities

Reviewers are selected by the Conference Scientific Committee based on their academic qualifications, publication record, subject expertise, and reviewing experience. Every effort is made to ensure that manuscripts are evaluated by reviewers with complementary expertise relevant to the submitted research.

Each manuscript is assigned to at least two independent reviewers, who provide objective, constructive, and evidence-based evaluations. Reviewers are encouraged not only to assess scientific quality but also to provide developmental feedback that helps authors improve clarity, originality, methodological rigour, and overall impact.

Reviewer Evaluation Criteria

  • Originality and novelty of the research
  • Scientific significance and contribution to knowledge
  • Relevance to the conference theme and selected track
  • Research methodology and technical quality
  • Validity of data analysis and interpretation
  • Quality of literature review and theoretical foundation
  • Practical, industrial, or societal impact
  • Clarity, organization, and quality of presentation
  • Compliance with research ethics and publication standards

Reviewers provide detailed comments for both the authors and the Conference Scientific Committee together with a publication recommendation.

Artificial Intelligence Policy for Reviewers

AI tools may assist reviewers in improving grammar, organisation, or readability of review reports — but reviewers remain fully responsible for every aspect of their evaluation.

Reviewers must not upload confidential manuscripts, supplementary files, or unpublished research data into publicly available generative AI systems or any platform that may retain, learn from, or redistribute submitted content without explicit author consent.

The scientific assessment, originality evaluation, methodological critique, publication recommendation, and final review report must always represent the independent professional judgement of the reviewer and must never be delegated to an AI system.

Reviewer Recognition and Support

GMEISS views peer review as an essential scholarly contribution to the advancement of science. The conference provides:

  • Clear reviewer guidelines and evaluation criteria
  • Standardised review forms to promote consistency
  • Editorial support throughout the review process
  • Recognition certificates for completed reviews
  • Outstanding Reviewer Awards for exceptional quality, professionalism, and timeliness
  • Opportunities for distinguished reviewers to join future Scientific Committees and Editorial Boards

The Scientific Committee also provides guidance to first-time reviewers where appropriate, building reviewer capacity while maintaining rigorous standards.

Editorial Quality Assurance

The Conference Scientific Committee monitors the quality and completeness of all review reports. Where reviewer recommendations differ substantially, additional independent reviews may be commissioned, or an Associate Editor or Track Chair may provide an adjudicating recommendation.

Final publication decisions are based on the collective reviewer evaluations, editorial assessment, and the manuscript's overall contribution to the conference objectives.