Journal info (provided by editor)

% accepted last year
18% accepted
% immediately rejected last year
35% imm. rejected
Articles published last year
28 articles
Manuscripts received last year
120 manuscripts
Open access status
optional
Manuscript handling fee
none

Impact factors (provided by editor)

Two-year impact factor
2.04
Five-year impact factor
2.37

About

European Union Politics is an international academic journal for advanced peer reviewed research and scholarship on all aspects of the process of government, politics and policy in the European Union. EUP aims to stimulate debate and provide a forum to bridge the theoretical and empirical analysis on the political unification of Europe.

Duration of manuscript handling phases

Duration first review round
1.9 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
4.1 months
Decision time immediate rejection
2 days
Average number of review rounds
2.2 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
4.2 / 5.0 (difficult)
Average number of review reports
3.0 reports

Characteristics of peer review process

Quality of review reports
4.3 / 5.0
Overall rating manuscript handling
4.8 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 7.9 weeks. Overall rating: 5 (excellent). Outcome: Accepted.

Motivation:
This was the best and most thorough review process I have experienced so far. I am thankful to the Editor and reviewers for their excellent comments.