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

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Duration of manuscript handling phases

Duration first review round
1.2 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
3.4 months
Decision time immediate rejection
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Overall rating manuscript handling
2.5 / 5.0

Characteristics of peer review process

Average number of review rounds
2.5 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
4.0 / 5.0 (difficult)
Average number of review reports
1.5 reports
Quality of review reports
3.5 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 6.0 weeks. Overall rating: 0 (very bad). Outcome: Rejected.

Motivation:
A statistical review was only introduced in the 4th review round. The editor agreed with the statistical reviewer's comments and rejected the manuscript around 9 months after our submission. I believe the 4th review round was too late to add a statistical review, and at the very last, the editor should have given us an opportunity to revise and respond to the reviewer's comments.