Reviewer Confidentiality
Protection of manuscripts, review invitations and editorial communications
QES Academic Press publisher-level policy and guidance.
Confidential material
Review invitations, manuscripts, supplementary files, reviewer reports and editorial correspondence are confidential unless the journal explicitly states otherwise.
Use and disclosure
Reviewers must not use unpublished information for personal advantage, share material with unauthorized persons or discuss the manuscript publicly.
AI services
Unpublished material must not be uploaded to public or unauthorized generative-AI or third-party systems where confidentiality cannot be assured.