In addition to the principal evaluation criteria, the reviewers are asked to give a final publication recommendation: "Do you recommend acceptance of the manuscript?" Here, the response categories are: (1) yes, without alterations, (2) yes, after minor alterations, (3) yes, after major alterations, and (4) no.
Among all reviews, 28% recommended rejection, 28% recommended acceptance (8% unconditional, 20% conditional), and 45% recommended revisions (15% minor, 26% major, 3% unspecified).
However, there were only two accepted manuscripts in BMC Infectious Diseases and four accepted in BMC Microbiology where the author-suggested reviewer recommended acceptance, and the non-author-suggested reviewer recommended rejection.
The papers were accepted for publication and went to production only after peer-reviewers recommended acceptance.
We are very happy to strongly recommend acceptance of the paper for publication in the Annals".
The engineer must compare quotations and recommend acceptance of one of them.
"The ballot will open on the 11th February and the union executive is recommending acceptance of the offer".
The news at the weekend, however, that the board of B&H had recommended acceptance of a £44.3m bid from private equity group HgCapital merely adds to concerns.
Mr Gormley said that his immediate reaction was one of happiness that "such a big majority vindicated those executive members who decided to recommend acceptance".
Today, Friends Provident directors said the takeover, worth 79.4p a share, was in the best interest of shareholders and unanimously recommended acceptance.
