Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 96.1
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Microbiology 17(Q1)
Parasitology and Virology 5(Q1)
Medical microbiology 8(Q1)
Infectious diseases 11(Q1)

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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Open access status
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Two-year impact factor
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Aims and scope

The editor has not yet provided this information.

Duration of manuscript handling phases

Duration first review round
1.0 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
1.9 months
Decision time immediate rejection
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Overall rating manuscript handling
3.0 / 5.0

Characteristics of peer review process

Average number of review rounds
2.0 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
3.5 / 5.0 (difficult)
Average number of review reports
3.0 reports
Quality of review reports
3.5 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 3.3 weeks. Overall rating: 2 (moderate). Outcome: Rejected.

Motivation:
Our submission was invited by the editor-in-chief, who later rejected it when one of the two reviewers did not support publication. Be wary of the journal’s unusual requirements, such as citing only references <5 years old. If your submission is rejected, it will require work to reformat it for publication elsewhere.