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Originality:

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Originality or novelty describes the innovation factor of an article. An article that covers aspects of a topic that are rarely discussed or very new has a high originality rating. The originality influenced by the fact wether an article was previously published. An article that consists mainly of old and well known material can not be considered as "original".

Significance:

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A high significance rating expresses a great impact of the article on a research topic. An article that presents important research results in a scientifically accurate way will achieve a high rating.

Presentation:

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The presentation of the article includes its readability, the use of graphical material, the language, formal aspects, and the use of technical terms. A properly structured article is easy to read and that improves the understanding of the content.

Adequacy of citations:

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The adequacy of citations ratings provides information about the accuracy of references and the appropriateness of citations of an article. The references serve to support the research results but they are also helpful for the interested reader to receive deeper insight into the topic. If the references are very specialized, hard to find or on the other hand too general, the adequacy of citations rating might be quite low.

Amount of rewriting:

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The amount of rewriting provides an overview about the number of corrections and the amount of time that is neccessary to put the article into an acceptable form. If the article is acceptable with minor corrections, the amount of rewriting is "little" (which is, in this case, a positive rating). Article that is not usable and needs high effort to become publishable, will describe the amount of rewriting as "much".

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