Journal title
Dur. 1st rev. rnd
Tot. handling time
Imm. rejection time
Num. rev. reports
Report quality
Overall rating
Outcome
Communist and Post-Communist Studies
39.1 weeks
39.1 weeks
n/a
0 reports
n/a
0
Rejected
Motivation: After waiting for approximately 7 months I have received a short letter (four to five lines) in which the editor explained that they do not accept my manuscript for publication and they provide no comments to rejected manuscripts.
British Educational Research Journal
4.0 weeks
4.0 weeks
n/a
2 reports
5
5
Accepted
Motivation: Very rapid turnaround. The article was a controversial one, and I expected at least one hostile reviewer to respond to, but the editors were very fair in sending it to reviewers who would be objective.
Critical Studies in Education
21.7 weeks
24.7 weeks
n/a
2 reports
5
4
Accepted
Environmental Modelling and Software
13.0 weeks
15.0 weeks
n/a
5 reports
5
4
Accepted
Ecography
n/a
n/a
3 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
Motivation: Not well motivated why the manuscript was not sent out on review.
Journal of Ecology
n/a
n/a
13 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
Motivation: Associate editor had read the manuscript and the persons name was given in the decision.
Journal of Applied Ecology
n/a
n/a
14 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
Motivation: Poorly motivated why the manuscript was not sent out for review.
Environmental Pollution
6.0 weeks
7.0 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
4
Accepted
Motivation: It seems they had problems finding reviewers, hence the long first round. Otherwise they were rather fast and the paper appeared online after a month; with page number.
Knowledge Management Research and Practice
26.0 weeks
28.0 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
4
Accepted
Technovation
34.7 weeks
69.4 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
1
Accepted
Motivation: It took forever.
Journal of Human Resources
n/a
n/a
7 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness
78.1 weeks
78.1 weeks
n/a
2 reports
2
0
Drawn back
Motivation: After I submitted the paper I sent more than 10 emails to understand what is going on. none of my emails was replied. I withdrew the article after one year of my submission. 6 months later I took an email from the editor which says the paper was accepted with minor revisions. this was the worse submission process ever.
Biology of Sport
0.1 weeks
1.1 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
5
Accepted
Motivation: fair journal with reasonable waiting times and reasonable revisions.
Economics Letters
60.8 weeks
60.8 weeks
n/a
3 reports
2
1
Rejected
Motivation: the final review report did not touch the core issues, rather it used the fitness with the journal as the reason for rejection. But if so, it should not have taken 14 months to decide whether the paper fitted the journal or not.
Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies
21.7 weeks
21.8 weeks
n/a
1 reports
3
4
Accepted
Motivation: The only issue is that the reviewer's comments (while kinda insightful) focused on a really small part of the paper itself, without addressing the general idea. Overall, however, I am satisfied with the review process.
De Economist
4.3 weeks
7.3 weeks
n/a
2 reports
3
4
Accepted
8.7 weeks
30.4 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
4
Accepted
Central European Journal of Biology
n/a
n/a
2 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis
7.1 weeks
7.1 weeks
n/a
3 reports
4
5
Accepted
Motivation: The peer review was well above my expectation and satisfaction. Reviewers provided valuable comments and high words of appreciation. Editor was kind enough in extending his/her willingness on the submission.
Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society
32.5 weeks
32.5 weeks
n/a
1 reports
5
5
Accepted
Mapan
17.4 weeks
18.1 weeks
n/a
2 reports
3
3
Accepted
Annals of Global Analysis and Geometry
13.0 weeks
13.3 weeks
n/a
1 reports
5
4
Accepted
Motivation: The referee report is positive and polite even though there are many suggested corrrections. The review time is short, and the time between acceptance and published online is short. I like it.
Developing Economies
n/a
n/a
2 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
Social Science and Medicine
n/a
n/a
12 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
PLoS ONE
17.4 weeks
22.4 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
3
Accepted
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
8.0 weeks
11.0 weeks
n/a
2 reports
5
3
Accepted
Motivation: it took over 2 months for the review, a little bit long
Research on Social Work Practice
6.0 weeks
6.1 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
4
Accepted
Motivation: The highlight of the review process was that it was very fast. The editor was very efficient and responsive. Most of the comments from the reviewers made sense and were very reasonable. Overall it was a positive experience for me.
Economics Letters
n/a
n/a
10 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
Motivation: Fast reply and constructive comment from editor.
Journal of Molluscan Studies
21.7 weeks
26.0 weeks
n/a
2 reports
5
5
Accepted
Motivation: Reviewers were anonymous but clearly competent. The editor was particularly attentive to organization of the MS, compliance to journal style and language rules, and related details. Total processing time from submission to publication was less than one year, which I regard as excellent.
International Journal of Acarology
3.3 weeks
5.4 weeks
n/a
2 reports
5
5
Accepted
Motivation: International Journal of acarology (IJA) is a peer-review and well-known journal, usually with a rapid and professional review process. I am satisfactory with all processes of submission, review and publication in this journal and will submit more manuscript to publish in IJA in future.
Transfusion
6.0 weeks
6.0 weeks
n/a
2 reports
1
1
Rejected
Social Science and Medicine
21.7 weeks
46.4 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
4
Accepted
Science
n/a
n/a
21 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
Social Science and Medicine
n/a
n/a
7 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
Advances in Life Course Research
10.0 weeks
22.3 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
4
Accepted
Motivation: Very professional editor who had helpful comments on the conflicting reviews.
Annals of Probability
49.9 weeks
49.9 weeks
n/a
1 reports
1
1
Rejected
Medical Hypotheses
n/a
n/a
21 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
Psychological Methods
52.1 weeks
106.2 weeks
n/a
4 reports
3
2
Accepted
Autism Research
21.7 weeks
21.7 weeks
n/a
1 reports
1
1
Rejected
Motivation: The review process was very slow and it was sent only to 1 reviewer, who was not very experienced in the field of the paper
Journal of Educational Psychology
n/a
n/a
1 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
Motivation: The response by the editor was very fast (1 day!!) and provided a good argumentation of why they considered the manuscript unfit for their journal.