How to Avoid the Reviewer's Axe: One Editor's View

Based on his many years of experience, a JMEMS editor provides guidelines for authors that will, if followed, greatly reduce the risk of a devastatingly negative result from the review process. The premise is that there are certain things that rightfully anger reviewers, and, once angered, the reviewers become both negative and aggressive in their judgments — hence, the imagery of "the reviewer's axe" and how to avoid it.