Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 94.4
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Public health 78(Q1)
Cognitive and experimental psychology 30(Q1)
Developmental psychology 36(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
2.0 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
3.0 months
Decision time immediate rejection
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Overall rating manuscript handling
4.5 / 5.0

Characteristics of peer review process

Average number of review rounds
2.5 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
4.0 / 5.0 (difficult)
Average number of review reports
3.0 reports
Quality of review reports
3.5 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 9.9 weeks. Overall rating: 5 (excellent). Outcome: Accepted.

Motivation:
Two reviewers expressed some doubts but were essentially encouraging. One review was so obnoxious as to prompt a query to the Editor on how to respond to such a discourteous and unprofessional review (s/he used terms like "ignorant", "naïve", "ridiculous", "self-serving" to describe us/our work!). The editor was extremely helpful and responsive in helping us to manage this difficult review. Overall I felt the Ed was not slavishly bound to reviewer recommendations and had sufficient flexibility and knowledge of the field to make a reasoned and rapid decision on our paper.