Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 90.4
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Microbiology 42(Q1)
Molecular biology 87(Q1)

Journal info (provided by editor)

Manuscripts received last year
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Articles published last year
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% accepted last year
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Immediately rejected last year
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Open access status
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Two-year impact factor
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Aims and scope

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Duration of manuscript handling phases

Duration first review round
0.4 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
0.7 months
Decision time immediate rejection
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Overall rating manuscript handling
5.0 / 5.0

Characteristics of peer review process

Average number of review rounds
2.0 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
0.0 / 5.0 (effortless)
Average number of review reports
2.0 reports
Quality of review reports
4.0 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 1.9 weeks. Overall rating: 5 (excellent). Outcome: Accepted.

Motivation:
Comments from reviewers and the editor were formulated in order to improve the quality of our submitted work.
5.0
Excellent process
1 review
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Disciplines

Microbiology Molecular biology

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