Journal title
Dur. 1st rev. rnd
Tot. handling time
Imm. rejection time
Num. rev. reports
Report quality
Overall rating
Outcome
Thin Solid Films
21.7 weeks
21.7 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
4
Accepted
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
21.7 weeks
21.7 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
4
Accepted
Desalination and Water Treatment
17.1 weeks
17.1 weeks
n/a
3 reports
4
4
Accepted
International Journal of Chemical Kinetics
18.3 weeks
28.7 weeks
n/a
3 reports
5
3
Accepted
Scientific Reports
3.3 weeks
8.7 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
4
Accepted
Motivation: I think the review process was relatively shorter than other journal.
Canadian Journal of Political Science
13.0 weeks
26.0 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
3
Accepted
Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift
2.7 weeks
3.9 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
4
Accepted
Phytochemistry
16.4 weeks
29.4 weeks
n/a
3 reports
4
1
Accepted
Separation and Purification Technology
4.7 weeks
4.9 weeks
n/a
2 reports
5
5
Accepted
RSC Advances
9.3 weeks
10.3 weeks
n/a
3 reports
5
5
Accepted
Nature
n/a
n/a
0 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
Motivation: Nature set a record in my lab by rejecting our paper in under 3 hours. I sincerely doubt that the editor carefully considered whether to send our paper out to review.
Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
4.1 weeks
4.1 weeks
n/a
1 reports
1
4
Rejected
Elife
7.3 weeks
12.4 weeks
n/a
3 reports
5
5
Accepted
Motivation: At the time eLife was billing a fast turnaround time and I didn't get that. The office were good about communicating with me about the delays in reviewing the paper. Overall the review process was great. The reports were synthesized into a sensible decision letter, moreover the reviews are published online at this journal.
American Journal of Nursing
17.4 weeks
17.4 weeks
n/a
1 reports
5
4
Accepted
Journal of Population Research
13.3 weeks
14.7 weeks
n/a
2 reports
5
5
Accepted
Motivation: Fast turn around between submission, approval and publication.
Asian Population Studies
16.7 weeks
22.9 weeks
n/a
3 reports
4
4
Accepted
Population and Development Review
n/a
n/a
36 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
Population and Development Review
16.6 weeks
26.6 weeks
n/a
2 reports
3
4
Accepted
Population and Development Review
16.1 weeks
16.7 weeks
n/a
3 reports
5
5
Accepted
17.1 weeks
27.9 weeks
n/a
4 reports
4
4
Accepted
Population
8.7 weeks
17.7 weeks
n/a
2 reports
3
4
Accepted
International Journal of Managerial Finance
12.7 weeks
22.1 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
5
Accepted
Journal of Physical Chemistry, C
8.9 weeks
9.7 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
4
Accepted
Motivation: This experience was revealed that choosing the experienced and efficient high scientific level reviewers is the key to make efficient reviewing process.
Journal of Cell Biology
4.3 weeks
8.3 weeks
n/a
3 reports
5
5
Accepted
Motivation: JCB has an academic Ed Board. The Editor who handled my paper did a great job. We had two positive reviews and one negative one. The Editor gave us clear guidance on what we needed to do to revise our paper. This included instructions to ignore the negative reviewer. Overall the process was fair, balanced and I will submit more work there.
Demographic Research
5.3 weeks
9.9 weeks
n/a
2 reports
5
5
Accepted
Signal Processing: Image Communication
5.4 weeks
8.3 weeks
n/a
2 reports
5
5
Accepted
Annals of Nuclear Energy
10.8 weeks
11.8 weeks
n/a
2 reports
5
4
Accepted
Motivation: First, make sure your expression and discussion concise and precise.
Second, introduce your experiments or models, the more detailed the better.
Last but not least, the papers with innovation are encouraged.
Journal of Hazardous Materials
4.3 weeks
4.3 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
4
Accepted
Motivation: It was fast and smooth process.
Journal of Molecular Liquids
5.0 weeks
7.0 weeks
n/a
1 reports
3
4
Accepted
Motivation: Fast and smooth process
Engineering Failure Analysis
5.4 weeks
6.4 weeks
n/a
1 reports
5
5
Accepted
Mechanism and Machine Theory
18.1 weeks
40.4 weeks
n/a
1 reports
4
3
Accepted
Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
2.3 weeks
2.3 weeks
n/a
2 reports
5
5
Accepted
Motivation: I really appreciated the relation with the editor and the editorial broad. Moreover, critics from reviewers were very helpful.
Endocrinology
2.7 weeks
2.7 weeks
n/a
2 reports
5
5
Accepted
Motivation: The review process was very simple and the publication of the paper was fast and very well performed.
International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
13.0 weeks
13.0 weeks
n/a
4 reports
5
5
Accepted
Mechanism and Machine Theory
2.6 weeks
24.9 weeks
n/a
2 reports
5
4
Accepted
Scientific Reports
15.4 weeks
21.4 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
2
Accepted
Motivation: Rather slow editorial and review process
Journal of Private Equity
Immediately accepted after 1.0 weeks
Accepted (im.)
Environmental Microbiology
4.4 weeks
4.9 weeks
n/a
3 reports
4
4
Accepted
Motivation: Very fast and overall very good, though one of the three reviews was sent in a few days later than the first two reviews.
FEMS Microbiology Letters
4.1 weeks
4.1 weeks
n/a
1 reports
3
4
Accepted
Stem Cells and Development
8.7 weeks
10.7 weeks
n/a
2 reports
3
4
Accepted
Motivation: In overall the time-lapse between submission and final acceptance was fair. Reviewers were professional on their answers and looked scientifically aware of the possible caveats of our work.