Ethical Code for Peer Reviewers

Reviewers play an essential role in maintaining the scholarly quality and integrity of Ẹ̀dá Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Reviewers are expected to:

• Evaluate manuscripts objectively.
• Provide constructive and professional assessments.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Assess originality and relevance.
• Evaluate the argument, methodology, evidence, organization, language, and scholarly contribution.
• Identify suspected plagiarism or duplicate publication.
• Identify potentially unethical research.
• Disclose conflicts of interest.
• Avoid using unpublished material for personal advantage.
• Submit review reports within the stipulated period or promptly decline the invitation when they cannot complete the review.

Reviewers should base their assessments on the scholarly merits of the manuscript and should not allow personal, professional, academic, or institutional relationships to influence their evaluation.

A reviewer who has a conflict of interest must not participate in the evaluation of the affected manuscript.