Cover letter and peer reviewers

Covering letter concerning your manuscript:

Please paste or type in your cover letter explaining why we should publish your manuscript

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Suggested peer reviewers:

We welcome suggestions of potential peer reviewers who are qualified to review your manuscript. Please do not suggest recent collaborators or colleagues who work in the same institution as yourselves. Intentionally falsifying information, for example, suggesting reviewers with a false name or email address, will result in the manuscript being rejected. You need to provide the names, e-mail addresses, and affiliations of at least three potential referees for your article. Please include at least one potential reviewer who is outside your own country. Suggestions from a number of different countries would be appreciated.


First name Initial(s)
(e.g. D)
Last name E-mail address Affiliation
(Department, Institution)
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Excluded peer reviewers:

We are prepared to consider excluding a maximum of three referees, particularly if they are direct competitors. Please provide details of anyone in this category below.


First name Initial(s) Last name E-mail address Affiliation
(Department, Institution)
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