Peer review policy

Acta Oncologica uses single-blinded review. This means that the reviewers’ names are anonymized to the author, but the reviewer knows who the author is.

There are two main aims of the peer review: to assist in selecting papers suitable for publication in Acta Oncologica and to support the improvement of the manuscripts. We ask the reviewers to assess the quality, validity, and relevance of the manuscript at hand, and to motivate any major criticism conveyed to the authors. Their focus should thus be on the originality, presentation, and relevance to the readership of the journal and on the accuracy of the methodology. More specifically, the reviewers will be asked to rate the paper concerning:

• Design and quality of data
• Adequate discussion and conclusion
• Methodology
• Importance of the study with respect to new information or valuable confirmation

Guidelines for Reviewers

In your comments to the authors, we would like you to start with some general aspects and a short summary of your comments on the paper. You should not give recommendations on rejection or acceptance, leave that to the Editor. Then give Major comments on the Abstract, Introduction, Methods and Materials, Results, and Discussion. 

Finally, give Minor comments on the manuscript. However, if you consider the manuscript not suitable for publication, even after revision, you do not have to give too detailed comments to the authors. Comments to the Editor explaining your reasons for recommending Revision or Rejection are very welcome and are treated confidentially.

We appreciate it if you could also pay attention to the title of the manuscript, which is very important; it should be informative without being too long.