Journal info (provided by editor)

Manuscripts received last year
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Articles published last year
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% accepted last year
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Immediately rejected last year
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Aims and scope

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Duration of manuscript handling phases

Duration first review round
4.0 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
5.5 months
Decision time immediate rejection
63 days
Overall rating manuscript handling
4.0 / 5.0

Characteristics of peer review process

Average number of review rounds
2.0 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
4.0 / 5.0 (difficult)
Average number of review reports
2.0 reports
Quality of review reports
3.7 / 5.0

Latest review

Outcome: Rejected (im.).

Motivation:
The decision is fairly justified; however, taking 120 days for a desk rejection is unacceptable, especially given the reason provided. According to their website, such a decision could easily have been made within the stated median of 5 days. There was no explanation for the prolonged process, nor any meaningful response to my requests for updates during this 120-day period.