Peer review is one of the cornerstones of the scientific and editorial quality of the Revista Mexicana de Física. The purpose of this guide is to provide reviewers with clear and consistent criteria for evaluating manuscripts, thereby promoting objective, constructive, ethical, and timely reviews.
The reviewer’s role is not only to recommend the acceptance, revision or rejection of a manuscript, but also to contribute to strengthening the scientific quality, clarity, and rigor of the submitted work.
Before receiving any review request, you must be registered as a reviewer on the Revista Mexicana de Física platform. Registration is done by invitation only, extended by the editors based on your area of expertise.
Once registered, the initial request to review a manuscript arrives by email and contain the following elements:
Main text intended for editors and authors.
Summary. Briefly explain what the paper is about, its main objectives, and the approach used by the authors.
Context. Provide your views on:
Recommendation. Make a clear recommendation supported by evidence:
Private Comments for the Editor (if any):
These comments will not be shared with the authors without your prior consent.
To facilitate the review process, reviewers are encouraged to consider the following aspects during the evaluation of the manuscript:
1. Title: The title should be concise, clear, and representative of the research presented.
2. Abstract: The abstracts in both English and Spanish must be consistent and should clearly and briefly describe the objectives of the study, the methodology employed, the main results, and the principal conclusions.
3. Originality and innovation: Reviewers are asked to assess the originality and scientific contribution of the work, ensuring that it is not merely a minor variation of previously published studies with similar methods, developments, or conclusions.
4. Scientific relevance: The manuscript should provide useful, novel, or relevant contributions to the scientific community.
5. Organization and structure: The manuscript should be clearly organized and logically structured to facilitate understanding.
6. Methodological validity: The methods should be described in sufficient detail to allow reproducibility by readers familiar with the subject. Reviewers should also evaluate whether the theoretical development, experiments, measurements, simulations, or analyses performed are adequate and sufficient.
7. Figures and tables: Figures and tables should be relevant, clear, and useful for understanding the manuscript. Captions and titles must adequately describe their content, and all figures and tables should be properly cited within the text. In addition, the figure legends and tick labels on the plots must be clear, properly formatted, and easily legible.8. Quality of language: The manuscript should be written in a clear and precise manner, understandable even to readers who are not specialists in the specific field. Unnecessary jargon or undefined terminology should be avoided.
9. Verifiability of calculations and results: The calculations, derivations, and reported results should be scientifically and mathematically consistent and verifiable.
10. Scientific rigor and conclusions: The conclusions must be fully supported by the results presented. If alternative methods, additional tests, or complementary analyses could strengthen the work, reviewers are encouraged to suggest them.
11. References: References should be sufficient, relevant, and up to date. Authors must properly acknowledge relevant prior contributions.
12. General comments: Even when a manuscript is well written and technically sound, reviewers’ comments can significantly improve its quality. Regardless of the final recommendation (acceptance, minor revisions, major revisions, or rejection), reviewers are encouraged to provide clear, constructive, and professional comments.
All manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents.
Reviewers must not:
Reviewers must immediately inform the editor of any conflict of interest that could compromise the objectivity of the evaluation, including:
In such cases, the reviewer should decline the invitation to evaluate the manuscript.
About Revista Mexicana de Física
A scientific journal publishing original research and reviews across all areas of physics, serving the international physics community.Authors: Our code of conduct states that, by being listed as an author of a manuscript, each coauthor assumes full responsibility for the accuracy, integrity, and originality of all its contents, regardless of the methods or tools used in its preparation.
For Readers: We encourage readers to register for the journal's publication notification service. As a result of the registration, the reader will receive by email the Table of Contents of each issue of the journal.
For Authors: Are you interested in publishing in Revista Mexicana de Física? It is recommended to review the About the journal page for the journal's section policies, as well as the Author's Guidelines. Authors must register with the journal before publishing or, if they are already registered, they can simply log in and start the process.
For Reviewers: It is recommended to review the About the journal page for the journal's section policies, as well as the Guidelines for Reviewer.
For Librarians: Researchers / librarians are recommended to include this journal in their list of electronic journals. Likewise, it should be noted that the open source publishing system of this journal is suitable for libraries with teaching staff who wish to edit their own journals (see Open Journal Systems).
REVISTA MEXICANA DE FÍSICA, year 72, issue 3, May-June 2026. Bimonthly Journal published by Sociedad Mexicana de Física, A. C. Departamento de Física, 2º Piso, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Alcaldía Coyacán, C.P. 04510, Ciudad de México. Apartado Postal 70-348. Tels. (+52)55 5622 4946, (+52) 5622 4848, https://rmf.smf.mx/ojs/, e-mail: rmf@ciencias.unam.mx. Chief Editor: Ramón Castañeda Priego. INDAUTOR Certificate of Reserve: 04-2021-102913424600-203, e-ISSN: 2683-2224, granted by Instituto Nacional del Derecho de Autor. Responsible for the last update of this issue, Technical Staff of Sociedad Mexicana de Física, A. C., 2o. Piso, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, C.P. 04510, Coyoacán, CDMX. Date of last modification, May 1st, 2026.
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