Journal info (provided by editor)

Manuscripts received last year
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Aims and scope

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Duration of manuscript handling phases

Duration first review round
3.1 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
5.6 months
Decision time immediate rejection
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Overall rating manuscript handling
4.5 / 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
5.0 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 14.6 weeks. Overall rating: 5 (excellent). Outcome: Rejected.

Motivation:
The Empirical Software Engineering journal (EMSE) is well-reputed and maintained in the field of software engineering. Apart from a disappointment of the rejection decision, their feedback is gold standard for a researcher. They suggested dividing the manuscript into two papers, and following their feedback, I did that and addressed all concerns, and one part of it is not accepted for publication in the Journal of Systems and Software with minor revisions within 4 months. I personally suggest that the software engineering researchers, if you require a masterclass on software engineering research and if your manuscript clear their desks; EMSE will not disappoint you.