Journal info (provided by editor)

Manuscripts received last year
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Articles published last year
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Aims and scope

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Duration of manuscript handling phases

Duration first review round
4.0 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
6.1 months
Decision time immediate rejection
8 days
Overall rating manuscript handling
2.6 / 5.0

Characteristics of peer review process

Average number of review rounds
2.3 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
3.0 / 5.0 (moderate)
Average number of review reports
2.0 reports
Quality of review reports
3.2 / 5.0

Latest review

Outcome: Rejected (im.).

Motivation:
Decision was taken by an associate editor that considered the paper outside the scope of the Journal., without any further details. This was somewhat unexpected since the Journal published several similar works in the past.