Journal info (provided by editor)

Manuscripts received last year
1700 manuscripts
Articles published last year
180 articles
% accepted last year
10% accepted
Immediately rejected last year
50% imm. rejected
Open access status
optional
Two-year impact factor
5.40

Aims and Scope

Research Policy (RP) articles examine empirically and theoretically the interaction between innovation, technology or research, on the one hand, and economic, social, political and organizational processes, on the other. All RP papers are expected to yield findings that have implications for policy or management.

Duration of manuscript handling phases

Duration first review round
4.3 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
6.6 months
Decision time immediate rejection
48 days
Overall rating manuscript handling
1.9 / 5.0

Characteristics of peer review process

Average number of review rounds
1.6 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
4.3 / 5.0 (difficult)
Average number of review reports
1.9 reports
Quality of review reports
2.7 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 8.7 weeks. Overall rating: 0 (very bad). Outcome: Rejected.

Motivation:
It was terrible. I will not be submitting to this journal again. Waste of time. I felt some of the second reviews unfounded.