Journal info (provided by editor)

% accepted last year
40% accepted
% immediately rejected last year
n/a
Articles published last year
276 articles
Manuscripts received last year
690 manuscripts
Open access status
open access
Manuscript handling fee
$1850 per manuscript

Impact factors (provided by editor)

Two-year impact factor
4.53
Five-year impact factor
n/a

Aims and Scope

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NEURAL SYSTEMS AND REHABILITATION ENGINEERING (TNSRE) focuses on the rehabilitative and neural aspects of biomedical engineering, including functional electrical stimulation, acoustic dynamics, human performance measurement and analysis, nerve stimulation, electromyography, motor control and stimulation, and hardware and software applications for rehabilitation engineering and assistive devices.

Duration of manuscript handling phases

Duration first review round
2.1 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
3.1 months
Decision time immediate rejection
n/a
Average number of review rounds
1.5 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
2.0 / 5.0 (easy)
Average number of review reports
2.5 reports

Characteristics of peer review process

Quality of review reports
1.5 / 5.0
Overall rating manuscript handling
2.0 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 5.6 weeks. Overall rating: 3 (good). Outcome: Rejected.

Motivation:
The review process was fast, but the reviewers did not seem to have the appropriate domain expertise. The final decision was based on ratings given by the reviewers that are not visible to us.