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    What exactly is the question: Whether you should decline to review, or whether you should indicate your reason to do so while you already made up your mind to decline? Commented Apr 4, 2022 at 10:00
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    @Snijderfrey Whether or not I should indicate the reason. I will definitely decline the invitation. Commented Apr 4, 2022 at 10:03
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    Why not state the reasons? Commented Apr 4, 2022 at 21:47
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    How come you know the authors of the papers you will review? Aren't these reviews double-blind? Commented Apr 5, 2022 at 10:03
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    @Stef This is not a double-blind peer-review journal. This is a single-blind one. Not all journals are double-blind. Commented Apr 5, 2022 at 11:02