Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 979
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Biotechnology 13(Q1)
Ecology 28(Q1)
Environmental science 39(Q1)
Microbiology 9(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

The editor has not yet provided this information.

Duration of manuscript handling phases

Duration first review round
0.9 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
1.1 months
Decision time immediate rejection
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Overall rating manuscript handling
4.2 / 5.0

Characteristics of peer review process

Average number of review rounds
1.6 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
4.3 / 5.0 (difficult)
Average number of review reports
2.2 reports
Quality of review reports
4.4 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 1.6 weeks. Overall rating: 5 (excellent). Outcome: Accepted.

Motivation:
This experience was exactly how peer review is meant to be. The editor and reviewers were engaged, the reviewers had excellent suggestions for the manuscript, the editor asked for reasonable revisions to be completed, and everything was fast.