Editorial Decision and Revision

The reviewers should provide an overall recommendation for the next processing stage of the manuscript as follows:

• Accept in Present Form: The manuscript can be accepted without any further changes. The numerical evaluation is equal to or above 35 points. The narrative parts should reflect the selected numerical ratings and the final decision.
• Accept after Minor Revisions: The manuscript can in principle be accepted after revision based on the reviewer’s comments. Authors are given fifteen days for minor revisions. The numerical evaluation is between 30 and 34 points. The narrative sections should reflect the selected numerical ratings and the final decision and should clearly address the required changes.
• Reconsider after Major Revisions: The acceptance of the manuscript would depend on the revisions. The numerical evaluation is between 20 and 29 points. The narrative sections should reflect  the selected numerical ratings and the final decision and clearly address the required revisions. Authors will be asked to resubmit the revised paper within two months, and the revised version will be returned to the reviewer for further comments. The authors also need to provide a point-by-point response or provide a rebuttal if some of the reviewer’s comments cannot be revised. If the required revision time is estimated to be longer than 2 months, the recommendation to authors is to withdraw their manuscript before resubmitting it so as to ensure that all manuscripts are given sufficient time.
• Reject and Encourage Resubmission:A manuscript that requires extra research to substantiate its conclusions will be rejected, and the authors will be urged to resubmit it once more investigation has been completed. The numerical evaluation ranges from 10 to 19 points. The narrative sections should represent the numerical ratings chosen and the final conclusion, as well as clearly discuss the required revisions.
• Reject: The manuscript has serious flaws and makes no original contribution, and the paper may be rejected with no offer of resubmission to the journal. The numerical evaluation is below 10 points. The narrative sections should clearly explain the selected numerical ratings and the final decision.

The recommendation is visible only to journal editors, and not to the authors. The decision on revisions, acceptance, or rejection must always be well justified.