Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 91.2
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Public health 109(Q1)
Social sciences 19(Q1)
Sociology 42(Q1)
Political science 37(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
24.0 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
25.2 months
Decision time immediate rejection
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Overall rating manuscript handling
2.0 / 5.0

Characteristics of peer review process

Average number of review rounds
5.0 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
5.0 / 5.0 (very difficult)
Average number of review reports
10.0 reports
Quality of review reports
3.0 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 104.2 weeks. Overall rating: 2 (moderate). Outcome: Accepted.

Motivation:
I have published in the journal more than once. The same thing on both occasions...effectively, five rounds of review on each occasion. I like the journal, but the review process is just burdensome. I would think twice about further submissions. It is one of those journals you have to "hit" once if you work in that area of research.