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The journal demonstrates a well-organized and professional peer-review process. The editorial team handles submissions efficiently, and communication with authors is clear and timely. The review process is fair, constructive, and helps improve the quality of the manuscript. Overall, the journal maintains good academic standards and provides a positive experience for authors. Minor improvements in review time consistency could further enhance the process.
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The submission system was well-structured and user-friendly. The editorial office responded promptly and helpfully to my questions regarding missing or unclear information. Overall, the process was smooth and professionally managed.
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Good handling of the paper, smooth editorial/review process. Reviews were in-depth and useful.
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Very slow reviews for short paper. Reviews were short and not very focused on the paper's actual context.
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The experience was very good. The editor maintains good communication with the authors and helps with any questions you may have. It was also clear that the invited reviewers were experts in the field and, of course, their comments were valuable in improving the paper. Despite being a Q4 journal, it is a good option to consider for publication.
23.9 weeks
29.9 weeks
n/a
2 reports
Accepted
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In addition to social sciences, it also accepts articles on education and health. The main issue with the journal was communication: I sent many emails, but they never replied (although it seemed they were reading them, since changes could be seen on the submission platform).
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Smooth process. Editors check the papers and good review reports
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The editor is very attentive and responds quickly to queries. In addition, I believe that the reviewers selected were experienced in the subject matter and their comments were helpful. Overall, the time from submission to publication is within the normal range.
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Handling was fast and thus I give good marks here.
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The review process is very fast.
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The process was straightforward, review time reasonable, feedback meaningful and constructive, processing and publication effective and efficient.
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Smooth process, useful review and overall quick progress towards publication.
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The reviewers comments were constructive but did not make sense to the research question. The reviewer had his own questions in mind and suggested different studies.
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The editor accepted the paper without peer review. I asked for information about this decision, but I never received an answer or explanation. I withdrew the article because of the journal’s poor professionalism.
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The manuscript was with the editor for more than six months without any advancement. The editors ignored the corresponding author and refused to provide updates, but were very quick to respond when we decided to withdraw the manuscript. The editorial team never owned up to their unprofessionalism. Not recommended.
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Incredibly slow process. An 11 month turnaround time is simply unacceptable. The explanation provided by the journal was that they had trouble finding reviewers, but this was only provided in response to an enquiry after I had heard nothing from the journal for 7 months. Two of the three reviewers made sensible suggestions that will improve the quality of the paper. However reviewer 3 made a point that failed to engage with the existing research referenced in the paper arguing that the piece was deficient for not investigating the impact of an independent variable that has been shown to have no significant impact on the dependent variable in recent research conducted on the same case study. A competent reviewer should at least acknowledge the findings of existing research cited in the paper. Overall the quality of the reviews would not deter me from submitting to the journal in future, but the extremely lengthy turnaround time will.
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Very, very slow first round review, and then we only received one reviewer report.
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It was a pleasant experience overall. The first review round took more than a year, but this is typical for mathematical journals.
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The first round of reviews has been waiting for a long time. Once we sent a query to the editor about the status of the paper, only then did the paper go for review. Everything else is fine. The four reviews were useful and contributed significantly to the improvement of the paper.
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The review process was very slow.
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Reviewers and Editor(s) asked for changes without significance. I think most of it was made using AI tools.