Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 46.2
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Biotechnology 186(Q3)
Microbiology 176(Q3)
Agronomy 267(Q3)
Food Science 215(Q3)

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
2.1 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
6.8 months
Decision time immediate rejection
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Overall rating manuscript handling
4.0 / 5.0

Characteristics of peer review process

Average number of review rounds
3.0 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: 9.0 weeks. Overall rating: 4 (very good). Outcome: Accepted.

Motivation:
Good journal with good response team but now going fully open access
4.0
Very good process
1 review
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Disciplines

Biotechnology Microbiology Agronomy Food Science

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