Journal info (provided by editor)

% accepted last year
30% accepted
% immediately rejected last year
37% imm. rejected
Articles published last year
65 articles
Manuscripts received last year
246 manuscripts
Open access status
optional
Manuscript handling fee
$100 per page

Impact factors (provided by editor)

Two-year impact factor
1.82
Five-year impact factor
1.56

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
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

Characteristics of peer review process

Quality of review reports
4.0 / 5.0
Overall rating manuscript handling
5.0 / 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.
5.0
Excellent process
1 review
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Disciplines

Zoology Parasitology and Virology

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