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Aims and scope

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Duration of manuscript handling phases

Duration first review round
2.7 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
4.9 months
Decision time immediate rejection
9 days
Average number of review rounds
1.4 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
4.5 / 5.0 (very difficult)
Average number of review reports
2.5 reports

Characteristics of peer review process

Quality of review reports
3.7 / 5.0
Overall rating manuscript handling
3.7 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 13.0 weeks. Overall rating: 2 (moderate). Outcome: Rejected.

Motivation:
After two rounds of reviews, the editor finally told us the results were not novel enough. It would have saved everyone a whole lot of time to just desk reject from the beginning.
3.7
Very good process
8 reviews
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Disciplines

Parasitology and Virology

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