Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 975
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Geography and planning 18(Q1)
Demography 5(Q1)

Journal info (provided by editor)

Manuscripts received last year
187 manuscripts
Articles published last year
41 articles
% accepted last year
22% accepted
Immediately rejected last year
22% imm. rejected
Open access status
optional
Two-year impact factor
1.86

Aims and scope

The editor has not yet provided this information.

Duration of manuscript handling phases

Duration first review round
3.3 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
5.9 months
Decision time immediate rejection
13 days
Overall rating manuscript handling
3.6 / 5.0

Characteristics of peer review process

Average number of review rounds
1.8 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
4.0 / 5.0 (difficult)
Average number of review reports
2.0 reports
Quality of review reports
4.6 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 18.9 weeks. Overall rating: 0 (very bad). Outcome: Rejected.

Motivation:
The reviews we received were very helpful and to the point. We were therefore highly disappointed when the only reply we received upon submitting a revised version - which we thought addressed the concerns raised in the reviews - was an outright rejection without any motivation whatsoever. Even upon inquiring we received no explanation for the rejection from the editor.