Journal info (provided by editor)

% accepted last year
25% accepted
% immediately rejected last year
30% imm. rejected
Articles published last year
650 articles
Manuscripts received last year
2300 manuscripts
Open access status
optional
Manuscript handling fee
none

Impact factors (provided by editor)

Two-year impact factor
2.95
Five-year impact factor
3.01

Aims and scope

The editor has not yet provided this information.

Duration of manuscript handling phases

Duration first review round
3.1 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
8.7 months
Decision time immediate rejection
42 days
Average number of review rounds
2.0 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
3.0 / 5.0 (moderate)
Average number of review reports
2.3 reports

Characteristics of peer review process

Quality of review reports
2.3 / 5.0
Overall rating manuscript handling
1.5 / 5.0

Latest review

Outcome: Rejected (im.).

Motivation:
Even though they rejected my article, the editor pointed out very important problem in my article that improved the quality of the article by checking and fixing them. The reviewing time was about a month, which was very appropriate.