IdeaFest: Interdisciplinary Journal of Creative Works and Research from Cal Poly Humboldt
Reviewers
The review service is vital to strengthening the validity, effectiveness and appropriateness of the texts that make up ideaFest Journal. Thanks to reviewers, ideaFest Journal is able to successfully publish high-quality articles and give authors the experience of incorporating professional critiques into their work. This page will provide general guidelines and information for potential reviewers, and the relevant rubrics reviewers will be expected to complete.
Process
As of 2024, ideaFest Journal no longer utilizes a double-blind peer-review process. While the goal is still to publish the highest quality articles and give authors the experience of professional critique, reviewers may be previously associated with article and may use AI to help facilitate their review. Authors will have the chance to incorporate the recommended reviews into their manuscript and if the revisions are considerable and are not feasible to implement by the revision deadline, authors can resubmit their paper next year.
Guidelines for Reviews
- Read the article carefully and provide constructive feedback to the author(s) and editor. Hone in on key points and add valuable perspectives and suggestions.
- Specificity is good but do not overly critique minutiae. Be helpful to the author by signifying directions for potential change.
- If there are spelling and grammar errors provide some examples but do not feel the need to correct the entire paper, there are editors who will focus on this. The most critical element will be the summary/conclusions of your review of the article.
- Feel free to express praise where applicable.
- Recommendations should be addressed only to the editors via the evaluation rubric.
- Keep the review anonymous by not providing any information about yourself to anyone but the editors.
- Do not share, reproduce, distribute or cite the article under review.