Review guidelines

The review process for manuscripts submitted to Smart Yields in Systems, Technology, Engineering, and Modeling (SYSTEM) will assess the content according to standard components of a research article. If any part deviates significantly from the guidelines, reviewers are encouraged to provide comments and suggestions for improvement.

1. Title: The title should clearly and precisely describe the subject of the manuscript without ambiguity. Reviewers may suggest improvements if necessary.
2. Abstract: The abstract should concisely state the research objectives, methods, key results, and main conclusions. Reviewers should note that the abstract is often the most-read part of the manuscript.
3. Reference Review: Authors must appropriately credit prior work relevant to their study through citations. In the introduction, citations should demonstrate innovation or novelty via gap analysis. Avoid excessive quotations or references.
4. Purpose: The research objectives must be clearly explained and aligned with the hypothesis.
5. Method: The methodology must be described in sufficient detail to allow competent readers to reproduce the work. This includes a description of tools, materials, hardware/software platforms, and frameworks used.
6. Clarity: Information regarding research methods and results should be presented simply, concisely, and effectively for ease of understanding.
7. Organization and Logic: The manuscript should present the research logically, developing arguments and explanations effectively.
8. Duplication: The manuscript should not unnecessarily repeat previously published work by the authors or others. Reviewers should check for redundancy in text, tables, or figures and suggest combining content where appropriate.
9. Calculations: Reviewers may randomly verify the accuracy of calculations presented in the manuscript.
10. Relation of Text to Tables and Figures: All tables and figures must be referenced in the text. Statements in the text should align with the data presented in tables and figures.
11. Table and Figure Titles: Titles should clearly state the content. Reviewers may suggest ways to improve clarity and quality. Captions and titles must be unambiguous and use proper SI units where applicable.
12. Graphs and Data Accuracy: Data presented in graphs and figures must be accurate and correctly represented.
13. Conclusion: Conclusions should adequately address the research hypothesis and be supported by data and analysis.
14. Distinction Between Fact and Conjecture: Authors should clearly separate factual statements from hypotheses or conjectures.
15. References: All references cited in the manuscript must appear in the bibliography. A minimum of 10 references is required, with at least 60% being primary sources (scientific journals, proceedings, reference books, theses/dissertations), published within the last five years.