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Duration of manuscript handling phases

Duration first review round
2.8 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
4.4 months
Decision time immediate rejection
14 days
Average number of review rounds
1.5 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
4.0 / 5.0 (difficult)
Average number of review reports
3.0 reports

Characteristics of peer review process

Quality of review reports
4.0 / 5.0
Overall rating manuscript handling
3.0 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 11.3 weeks. Overall rating: 2 (moderate). Outcome: Rejected.

Motivation:
After 1 month of submission the paper was initially rejected based on the use of a specific design which was not used in the paper and was factually incorrect. Upon appeal the paper was reassessed and sent out to review, and the resulting reviews (after 2 months and few days from the reassessment, 3 months and few days after initial submission ) were informative and raised legitimate concerns mainly based on the discussion of background literature and discussion of the results. However no specific reason was provided for the rejection.