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Journal info (provided by editor)
- Issues per year
- 4
- Articles published last year
- 65
- Manuscripts received last year
- 246
- % accepted last year
- 30%
- % immediately rejected last year
- 37%
- Open access status
- optional
- Manuscript handling fee?
- yes
- Fee per page
- $100
- Kind of complaint procedure
- Editorial board
- Two-year impact factor
- 1.82
- Five-year impact factor
- 1.56
Aims and scope
The editor has not yet provided this information.
SciRev ratings (provided by authors) (based on 1 review)
| Duration of manuscript handling phases | ||
|---|---|---|
| Duration first review round | 7.0 mnths | compare → |
| Total handling time accepted manuscripts | 7.6 mnths | compare → |
| Decision time immediate rejection | n/a | compare → |
| Characteristics of peer review process | ||
| Average number of review reports | 3.0 | compare → |
| Average number of review rounds | 2.0 | compare → |
| Quality of review reports | 4.0 | compare → |
| Difficulty of reviewer comments | 4.0 | compare → |
| Overall rating manuscript handling | 5.0 (range 0-5) | compare → |