Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 92.9
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Biochemistry 83(Q1)
Biophysics 25(Q1)
Cell biology 43(Q1)
Molecular biology 68(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
3.6 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
3.6 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
1.0 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
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Average number of review reports
1.0 reports
Quality of review reports
4.0 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 15.4 weeks. Overall rating: 2 (moderate). Outcome: Accepted.

Motivation:
I contacted the journal after a while. They were always responsive and very polite. Otherwise, I would have given them a 1. After they were contacted, they promised that the review would be done next week, and the next week after that. They asked me to be patient. It was extremely frustrating. I do not know any lab that can afford to wait more than 15 weeks for a manuscript to be reviewed. Their delays ended up causing me problems with my grants and with the university.
2.0
Moderate process
1 review
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Disciplines

Biochemistry Biophysics Cell biology Molecular biology

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