Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 900
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Medical microbiology 27(Q1)
Infectious diseases 44(Q1)

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
1.7 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
2.5 months
Decision time immediate rejection
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Overall rating manuscript handling
3.0 / 5.0

Characteristics of peer review process

Average number of review rounds
1.3 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
5.0 / 5.0 (very difficult)
Average number of review reports
2.3 reports
Quality of review reports
2.7 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 16.7 weeks. Overall rating: 5 (excellent). Outcome: Accepted.

Motivation:
It took a long time for peer-review process, however, we felt that the reviewers gave us very insightful comments. The process of the revision was so tough, but we believe that the revised manuscript became much better than the original draft. It is very good journal.