Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 93.9
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Microbiology 24(Q1)
Parasitology and Virology 7(Q1)
Medical microbiology 12(Q1)
Infectious diseases 17(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
1.1 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
1.1 months
Decision time immediate rejection
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Overall rating manuscript handling
4.0 / 5.0

Characteristics of peer review process

Average number of review rounds
1.0 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
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Average number of review reports
3.0 reports
Quality of review reports
4.0 / 5.0

Latest review

Outcome: Drawn back.

Motivation:
Very unprofessionally handled journal. After three weeks of editor's inactivity, we decided to withdraw our submission. The EIC totally ignored our e-mails about the status of our submission.