Journal editors are responsible to reviewers in order to help decide whether to accept or reject a paper. A major mistake made by many reviewers, however, is to write the review as if the decision to accept or reject lies with them. The reviewer only makes a recommendation and the final decision whether to accept or reject lies with the editor, not the reviewer.
My own opinion is that a reviewer’s responsibility is to make suggestions on how to improve a paper. A paper that is rejected will very likely still be submitted to another journal, and so your review is an opportunity to improve the paper. Make your criticisms constructive. You will see deficiencies, but make suggestions on how those deficiencies can be remedied. Offer solutions, not insults.
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