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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Aims and scope

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Duration of manuscript handling phases

Duration first review round
5.5 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
10.0 months
Decision time immediate rejection
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Overall rating manuscript handling
2.7 / 5.0

Characteristics of peer review process

Average number of review rounds
1.7 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
3.5 / 5.0 (difficult)
Average number of review reports
2.0 reports
Quality of review reports
3.7 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 23.4 weeks. Overall rating: 2 (moderate). Outcome: Rejected.

Motivation:
Two reviewers made some constructive suggestions, but the editors added several remarks that went far beyond the reviewers request (which kind of felt strange as their reviews were not double blinded). The criticism was helpful, yet, could also have been addressed in another revision. The journal was rather slow in handling the manuscript; decisions about the initial submission and the revision were only sent out when more than four months have passed and I asked about the status