Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 806
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Developmental psychology 103(Q2)
Education 188(Q1)
Communication 66(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

The editor has not yet provided this information.

Duration of manuscript handling phases

Duration first review round
3.8 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
27.2 months
Decision time immediate rejection
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Overall rating manuscript handling
1.0 / 5.0

Characteristics of peer review process

Average number of review rounds
3.0 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
2.0 / 5.0 (easy)
Average number of review reports
2.0 reports
Quality of review reports
4.0 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 16.3 weeks. Overall rating: 1 (bad). Outcome: Accepted.

Motivation:
The handling editor was not response and had to wait for 5 months for her decision. The journal office will just ask the authors to wait.