Journal info (provided by editor)

% accepted last year
10% accepted
% immediately rejected last year
79% imm. rejected
Articles published last year
2158 articles
Manuscripts received last year
9999 manuscripts
Open access status
open access
Manuscript handling fee
$4950 per manuscript

Impact factors (provided by editor)

Two-year impact factor
14.98
Five-year impact factor
16.90

Aims and Scope

Science Advances is the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s (AAAS) open access multidisciplinary journal, publishing impactful research papers and reviews in any area of science, in both disciplinary-specific and broad, interdisciplinary areas. The mission of Science Advances is to provide fair, fast, and expert peer review to authors and a vetted selection of research, freely available to readers

Duration of manuscript handling phases

Duration first review round
2.8 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
5.1 months
Decision time immediate rejection
36 days
Average number of review rounds
1.8 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
3.5 / 5.0 (difficult)
Average number of review reports
2.5 reports

Characteristics of peer review process

Quality of review reports
3.2 / 5.0
Overall rating manuscript handling
2.7 / 5.0

Latest review

Outcome: Rejected (im.).

Motivation:
2 months for desk rejection is unacceptable and very disrespectful. After 2 months without news, I sent a e-mail asking for updates about my manuscript, and then received the desk rejection, with the reason that it was not given high priority during initial assessment.
2.7
Good process
63 reviews
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Disciplines

General

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