WM Symposia

Paper Reviewers

A PAC member or his/her designee who evaluates and enhances draft papers and presentations to be included in Oral, Poster or Panel sessions at the WM Symposia.

A Reviewer should:

• Be a PAC member who has previously served as the Session’s Sponsor or Organizer and/or the respective Abstract Reviewer.
• Review all draft papers and presentations for one oral Topical Session or, contingent on prior approval of one of the Track Co-Chairs, a subset of draft papers (subtopic) for a poster session.
• Comply with the schedule. Failure of the Reviewer to comply with the schedule prompts notification to the Track Co-Chairs for possible corrective action.  Adherence to the schedule is essential in providing professionalism, fairness and respect to all conference participants.
• Review the technical content of draft papers for significance, originality, conclusions, validity, absence of commercial content and conformance to the abstract accepted by the PAC.  The Paper Reviewer is to notify the author, Session Sponsor, Track Co-Chair and PAC Chair of papers that include significant technical errors.
• Review draft papers and presentations for logical development and ease of understanding.
• Promptly notify the corresponding author of significant errors in paper format, grammar, spelling, graphic clarity or usage
• Promptly communicate comments and suggestions enhancing the quality of the paper directly to the corresponding author in a courteous, concise and professional manner
• Determine the acceptability of the draft paper. Propose modifications as required or the rejection of the paper. Communicate proposed modifications directly to the corresponding author, with a copy to WM Symposia. Only the PAC Chair can issue a letter to the affected author on proposed rejections and any critical issue pertaining to the WM Symposia policy or protocol.
• Communicate progress and any potential issue throughout the paper-review process to the session’s Track Co-Chairs, Session Organizers and whenever applicable, the Session Sponsor.

From Left to Right:  Vladimir Michal, VUJE, Inc. (Slovak Republic) and Michele Laraia, IAEA (Austria)