Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 912
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Pediatrics 15(Q1)
Developmental psychology 59(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
2.3 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
4.8 months
Decision time immediate rejection
4 days
Overall rating manuscript handling
3.0 / 5.0

Characteristics of peer review process

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

Latest review

Outcome: Rejected (im.).

Motivation:
The editorial assistant changed some minor formatting without sending back to the author in order to speed up the process which is great. The rejection was quick and acknowledged that a review would have only delayed the decision