Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 977
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Biochemistry 23(Q1)
Clinical biochemistry 1(Q1)
Drugs 3(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
1.3 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
2.3 months
Decision time immediate rejection
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Overall rating manuscript handling
3.0 / 5.0

Characteristics of peer review process

Average number of review rounds
2.5 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
4.0 / 5.0 (difficult)
Average number of review reports
3.5 reports
Quality of review reports
4.5 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 6.7 weeks. Overall rating: 5 (excellent). Outcome: Accepted.

Motivation:
Favorite experience at a journal thus far. Editors were responsive, transparent, and fair. From my perspective, it felt like the editors made an effort to keep the review and editorial process efficient with as few gaps in handling as possible.