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14 Review of the Literature
Typical complaints of referees The author has not made it clear why some references are mentioned. They appear to be there just to make the paper longer (in which they succeed perfectly) and seem more important (in which they fail), rather than as support for the author’s approach. The authors do not seem to be aware of the state of the art, I strongly recommend they widen their literature search. In addition, they have too many references from work carried out in their own country - the literature review is not international enough and the context is thus too myopic. There are papers cited in the bibliography that are not mentioned in the paper, and vice versa. These should be removed or added as appropriate.