Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 937
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Environmental science 103(Q1)
Development Research 19(Q1)
Geography and planning 60(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
5.6 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
8.4 months
Decision time immediate rejection
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Overall rating manuscript handling
1.5 / 5.0

Characteristics of peer review process

Average number of review rounds
2.0 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
4.5 / 5.0 (very difficult)
Average number of review reports
1.5 reports
Quality of review reports
2.5 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 34.7 weeks. Overall rating: 2 (moderate). Outcome: Rejected.

Motivation:
In a multi-round review process, one reviewer did not see/receive the letter response to their review. Due to this, the next two rounds of review were repetitive and inconsistent. With a split review (one suggesting acceptance and the other suggesting major revisions / rejection), we would expect intervention from the handling editor, through sharing their perspective OR inviting a third reviewer. It seemed that the handling editor did not want to invest time in the article/ was not interested. If this was the case, it could've saved us the two year review process with an earlier rejection.