Indicators as a Foundation of Eco-Labelling of Baked Clay Construction Products in the Republic of Serbia
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
(1) The samples of baked clay should be described in figures, and set in the papers;
(2) The process of selection of environmental indicators is too coarse, and bu more in detail.
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Reviewer 2 Report
The manuscript provides an interesting topic toward indicators of eco-labelling of baked clay construction products. There are some shortbacks should be improved.
1. The research problem should be identified in the introduction.
2. The section of conclusion should include interesting findings and management insight the manuscript obtained. Further, the shortback and future direction of this study should be also presented in this part.
3.More recent citation should supplemented.
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Reviewer 3 Report
- The title is in accord with article
- The manuscript adheres to the journal's standards after revision
- This article contains new aspects, but the authors must underline the major findings of their work and explain how this study represents a progress to other similar published papers. Please provide comparison with other articles
- The Abstract section refers to the study findings, methodologies, discussion as well as conclusion. The Abstract section must be improved. The Abstract should refer to the study findings, methodologies, discussion as well as conclusion. In this form the abstract is too generally
- The keywords permit found article in the current registers or indexes
- In the introduction it is not clearly described the state of the art of the investigated problem. More references are necessary. The references from last years are necessary for demonstrated that this study is actual
- The text can be understood by specialists from other domains
- The paper was written in standard, grammatically correct English, more corrections are necessary
- In Tables are presented necessary results
- The literature is sufficiently critical, current, and internationally evaluated
- The size of the article is appropriate to the content
- More discussions are necessary
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Reviewer 4 Report
Dear Authors,
The paper Indicators as a Foundation of Eco-Labelling of Baked Clay Construction Products in the Republic of Serbia by Suzana Knežević, and Dunja Prokić is well suited for journal Sustainability. The authors of this article present new approach in eco-labelling of construction products.
Detailed comments:
1. Abstract. This section is relatively short. It can be expanded.
2. Keywords. Relevant to the topic.
3. Introduction in reviewer opinion is too short and does not fully characterize the topic undertaken. The bibliography list should be extended. In the last paragraphs of the introduction, the authors listed their own contribution presented in the article, but in a too short form.
4. The paper contains parts in good order: introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, conclusions. The article has been prepared very carefully. The form of the article is accurate, tables and charts are legible, photos of good quality.
5. Chapter 3 - this section consists of simple description of the results. Chapter 4 - in the opinion of the reviewer, it is part of the presentation of the results and should be included in chapter 3.
6. Chapter 4 - it should be written from the beginning, it should include considerations regarding the presented methodology, indicators, adopted indicator values. In the opinion of the reviewer, the main lack of the presented work is the insufficient discussion of the proposed system of criteria, selection of labels, legitimacy of work towards the establishment of eco-labelling The novelty of the presented study should be more highlighted in the context of other works.
7. The bibliography refers to 33 articles and other publications. There are only 2 articles from the journal Sustainability in the bibliography. Authors are asked to enlarge the literature review and make it visible in the bibliography.
8. The article was written enough well in English, is understandable for a reviewer, a person who does not speak English as a mother tongue.
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Round 2
Reviewer 4 Report
Dear Authors,
I have carefully analyzed the comments of all reviewers and all responses of the authors. In my opinion, the authors took into account comments and added new elements to increase the value of the article. The article has been corrected. I would like to accept the paper in present form.
