Journal info (provided by editor)

% accepted last year
6% accepted
% immediately rejected last year
84% imm. rejected
Articles published last year
726 articles
Manuscripts received last year
9999 manuscripts
Open access status
no
Manuscript handling fee
none

Impact factors (provided by editor)

Two-year impact factor
44.70
Five-year impact factor
50.30

About

Science seeks submissions from all fields of science and from any source and publishes those papers that are most influential in their fields or across fields and that will significantly advance scientific understanding. Selected papers should present novel and broadly important data, syntheses, or concepts, and should merit recognition by the wider scientific community and general public.

Duration of manuscript handling phases

Duration first review round
2.0 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
4.9 months
Decision time immediate rejection
11 days
Average number of review rounds
1.5 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
2.5 / 5.0 (moderate)
Average number of review reports
2.8 reports

Characteristics of peer review process

Quality of review reports
3.1 / 5.0
Overall rating manuscript handling
3.1 / 5.0

Latest review

Outcome: Rejected (im.).

Motivation:
The decision process was relatively fast and clear. It seems they sent it to the internal advisors before rejection. During that time, the manuscript status changed several times, progressing through Submitted → Under Consideration → To Editor → To Advisor → From Advisor → From All Advisors, before ultimately being rejected.
3.1
Good process
87 reviews
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Disciplines

General

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