Review Criteria

TGDK currently solicits two types of contributions:

• Research articles: Such articles present novel research contributions that advance the state-of-the-art in their respective area. The criteria that apply to such articles include:
  • Novelty: The originality of the research contribution must be clearly identified in relation to the pertinent research literature.
  • Relevance: The topic of the article must be compatible with TGDK's Call for Papers.
  • Impact: The research described by the article must be well-motivated and have the potential to generate impact in a research and/or practical setting.
  • Technical soundness: The article must be factual, correct and free from inaccurate or unjustified claims.
  • Reproducibility: In the case of experimental contributions, the article must provide enough details (possibly in conjunction with supplementary material) in order to permit the results to be replicated; in case this is not possible, the authors must clearly justify why.
  • Clarity: The article must be well-written and understandable.
• Survey articles: Such articles present a novel, systematic and comprehensive synthesis of published research works within a chosen scope. The criteria that apply to such articles include:
  • Novelty: The survey must involve an original scope, and/or must otherwise justify its added contributions over other surveys with a similar scope.
  • Relevance: The topic of the article must be compatible with TGDK's Call for Papers.
  • Scope: The scope of the survey and the criteria for inclusion/exclusion of relevant papers must be clearly defined.
  • Completeness: The survey must provide a comprehensive synthesis of the literature pertinent to the scope.
  • Clarity: The article must be well-written, understandable and accessible to newcomers to the area.