Table 1. Sample of questions to reviewers used in the Frontiers review process.

1) Are there any objective errors in the results? If yes, please specify.

2) Is the work ethical in your opinion?

3) Was the research carried out in accordance with established animal use practices?

4) Is any use of human subjects performed according to acceptable standards?

5) Has the clinical trial been registered in a public trials registry?

6) Should an accession number of nucleotide/amino acid sequences be included?

7) Should an accession number for microarray data be included?

8) Does the article describe experiments using a select agent or toxin?