Latest review
First review round: 4.1 weeks. Overall rating: 0 (very bad).
Outcome: Accepted.
Motivation:
During my 40+ years in science, I have authored/coauthored well over 100 papers. This review process has the absolute worst of any that I have experienced. Our paper was sent to reviewers clearly lacking in any knowledge or expertise in the field, who repeatedly asked for picayune changes in formatting that could have easily been handled at the typesetting stage. The editors were no better, merely acting as paper shufflers and not stepping in to stop the insanity. I will never send another paper to PLOS One again, and have actively advised my colleagues and trainees to avoid the journal like the plague.
