Detailed instructions for authors have been provided. All these actions were taken to imprint the journal page and article with an unmistakable signature of the Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science . This outcome was to aid the reader in concentrating on the science within an article rather than be distracted by varying issues of form. The mold was uniform but the ingredients varied. The interfacing of authors and reviewers is the most important task of the gatekeeper of the quality of science - the editor.
Authors are the generators and recorders of new information.
Because their minds are so saturated with relevant information and they have forged and reworked an intellectual framework for interpreting the observations, they sometimes neglect to explain fully and clearly to an uninitiated reader. The reviewers, who are chosen because of their technical competence in the particular area, are the test readers. With their acceptance of a reviewing assignment they agree to evaluate the scientific basis and adequacy of the experimental results reported. As a test audience they determine if the descriptions are adequate to convince a reader of the claim being made. The reviewer is asked to act as an independent judge of the merit of the manuscript based on well-defined scientific criteria.