Journal info (provided by editor)

Manuscripts received last year
75 manuscripts
Articles published last year
16 articles
% accepted last year
23% accepted
Immediately rejected last year
n/a
Open access status
open access
Two-year impact factor
2.40

Aims and Scope

The journal publishes original papers and reviews on the science and technology of malting, brewing, fermentation, quality and distilling/maturation.

Duration of manuscript handling phases

Duration first review round
6.0 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
8.0 months
Decision time immediate rejection
n/a
Overall rating manuscript handling
3.0 / 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
4.0 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 26.0 weeks. Overall rating: 3 (good). Outcome: Accepted.

Motivation:
Otherwise high-quality editorial process, although very long and laborious. Editor-in-Chief was very fair and understanding, but still - much too long process.