Journal info (provided by editor)

Manuscripts received last year
246 manuscripts
Articles published last year
65 articles
% accepted last year
30% accepted
Immediately rejected last year
37% imm. rejected
Open access status
optional
Two-year impact factor
1.82

Aims and scope

The editor has not yet provided this information.

Duration of manuscript handling phases

Duration first review round
7.0 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
7.6 months
Decision time immediate rejection
n/a
Overall rating manuscript handling
5.0 / 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
3.0 reports
Quality of review reports
4.0 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 30.4 weeks. Overall rating: 5 (excellent). Outcome: Accepted.

Motivation:
After dropping the ball for seven months the paper came back with good reviews and was accepted after revision. EiC was apologetic about review period but had great comments to improve paper.