Software and System Modeling Review Form

Please email completed review to the editor assigned to the paper
and send a copy to review@sosym.org

Editor:

Please Enter Your Full Name: __________________________________________

General Information

Paper Number: _________________

Title: ________________________________________________________________

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Section I. Overview


     1.  Which category describes this submission?
          ___Practice/Case Study/Experience Report
          ___Technology/Tool
          ___Research
          ___Survey
          ___Other


     2.  Please rate the submission.
          ___Excellent
          ___Good
          ___Fair
          ___Poor
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Section II. Recommendation

     Please make your recommendation.

          ___Accept with no changes
          ___Accept if certain minor revisions are made
          ___Resubmit with major revisions*
          ___Reject
          
* Resubmitted papers must be accompanied by a letter from the
author indicating how the concerns stated by the reviewers
have been addressed in the resubmission. Reasons for not addressing
a concern must be stated in the letter. The resubmitted
papers will be reviewed by a majority of the original reviewers
if possible, with respect to the concerns raised in the original
reviews. Authors have up to 3 months to resubmit a major revision of 
their papers.
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Section III. Detailed Comments

A. Public Comments (these will be made available to the author)

Please address the following questions/concerns in your review:

1. Are the title, abstract, and keywords appropriate?

2. Does the introduction state the objectives of the submission in
terms that encourage the reader to read on?

3. How relevant is this submission to the readers of this journal?
The target audience of the journal are practitioners and
researchers from industry and academia with a vested interest in
high quality modeling practices and research. Indicate the extent
that the paper will be relevant to this target audience.

4. How does this submission advance the field of software and 
system modeling research and practice? Comment on any novel
contributions or significant insights gained. The journal aims
to publish papers that deepen understanding of modeling practices 
and techniques or contribute significant new ideas that revolutionize 
or incrementally advance the field.

5. Is the submission technically sound? For example, comment on 
(1) adherence to standards if standard notations/techniques/methods 
are used, (2) soundness of mathematical expressions, and (3) soundness
of conclusions drawn from objective premises.

6. Does the submission contain sufficient and most appropriate
references? Journal versions of work are preferred over conference
versions. Indicate important missing references, if any.

7. Comment on the organization of the submission. Is it
focused?  Is the length appropriate for the topic?

8. Please comment on the readability of this submission.
Please comment on the degree of effort required to read and understand
this paper.
 
        

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B. Confidential Comments (authors will not see these comments)



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