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
4.2 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
7.3 months
Decision time immediate rejection
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Overall rating manuscript handling
1.5 / 5.0

Characteristics of peer review process

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

Latest review

First review round: 22.7 weeks. Overall rating: 0 (very bad). Outcome: Rejected.

Motivation:
I submitted in July. After months of being "under review", and no response to any emails, we received rejection on new year's eve. From a different editor. Who couldn't spell the name of their own journal. Who quoted our own conclusions as a reason for rejection. In an email with more spelling and grammar mistakes than there were lines in the email. Finally, the rejection was stated as being due to the paper being unsuited for being sent to review. After 5 months under review! We received no reply, or reviewer's reports, despite contacting the journal for an appeal.