For reviewers
Recommendations
Global Medical Reviews uses single-blind external peer review. Reviewer identities are not disclosed to authors. Suitable manuscripts are evaluated by at least two independent external reviewers. Recommendations are advisory; the handling editor and, where required, the Editor-in-Chief make the final decision.
Accept
Suitable for publication without substantive changes. Only editorial, language or technical corrections may remain.
Minor Revision
Limited changes are required and the core methods, search and synthesis remain valid.
Major Revision
Substantial but potentially feasible changes are required, such as an updated search, additional analyses, revised appraisal or major rewriting.
Reject and Resubmit
The current manuscript cannot continue as a normal revision. A fundamentally redesigned review should be submitted as a new manuscript and will receive a new number.
Reject
The manuscript has fundamental, irreparable scope, methodological, reporting or integrity problems.
Advisory status
Your recommendation is one element of the editorial decision. Editors may reach a different decision after considering all reports, methodological priorities, journal scope, ethics and the authors’ responses.