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Motivation:
The journal demonstrated a high level of professionalism throughout the review and publication process.
The reviewers' comments were constructive and relevant, contributing to improving the quality of the manuscript.
The editors were responsive, collaborative, and provided clear and timely guidance at every stage.
Additionally, the copy editors were highly skilled and approachable, offering valuable support and ensuring the manuscript was polished to the highest standard.
Overall, it was a very positive and smooth experience, and I highly recommend this young journal that deserves to grow.
The reviewers' comments were constructive and relevant, contributing to improving the quality of the manuscript.
The editors were responsive, collaborative, and provided clear and timely guidance at every stage.
Additionally, the copy editors were highly skilled and approachable, offering valuable support and ensuring the manuscript was polished to the highest standard.
Overall, it was a very positive and smooth experience, and I highly recommend this young journal that deserves to grow.
25.9 weeks
25.9 weeks
n/a
2 reports
Rejected
Motivation:
The review process took too long. The paper was out for review at least two times before a final decision was reached.
Motivation:
My overall experience and communication with editors was good. Both editors and reviewers were competent in their handling of the manuscript. The paper was accepted with minor revisions approximately 6 months after the submission. However, post acceptance handling was very lengthy. Between submission and publication it took around 2 full years. So, I would not suggest it for PhD students or scholars who are in a rush with publishing their work.
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I have never experienced a journal taking so long time for final decision. Although officially advertised as aiming for 45 days from submission to 1st decision, our submission took 60 days for editor assignment and about 150 days for 1st decision. Furthermore, the deadline for revision was set at two weeks after the decision letter; it took more than two weeks to receive a response to an e-mail sent to the editorial office requesting an extension of the deadline. Our manuscript was reviewed by four reviewers. In the end, after about 300 days of waiting for a final decision, our manuscript has been rejected. Additional reviewers’ comments made sense, and I thought the editor in charge had invited an additional reviewer to carefully review the manuscript until the end, hence, there is no appeal of the decision itself. However, the time to reach 1st decision was too long. At the very least, I thought the advertisement should reflect the actual situation.
5.6 weeks
5.6 weeks
n/a
2 reports
Rejected
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1 month reviewing. 1 reviewer rejected, 1 reviewer give a major comment. Generally the process is fast.
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All 3 reviewers found the manuscript interesting and just suggested major revisions. The reviewers' comments were reasonable. However, the editor rejected it without any reason.
Motivation:
The submission process is very smooth, however, the website indicates that review time averages ~1 month, which signficantly shorter than we experienced, especially after revision. It didn't appear that reviewers with the expertise we were targeting were selected based on the questions and misinterpretations that were made.
Motivation:
The review process took longer than I expected.
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The editor took several weeks on their part and then did not write any comments of their own. The reviews were short, but reasonable. Even with a positive, neutral, and somewhat negative review, the submission was rejected without comment.
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The reviewing process takes a long time.
Motivation:
Based on my experiences in submitting and receiving review results from this journal, I think the editor of "Technology Analysis&Strategic Management" has a very low level of self-determination whether to push further process for a manuscript or not. After the first round of review, I received two review reports from peer reviewers, and then I resubmitted the revised manuscript. After the second round of review, the reviewer 1 was satisfied with the revised manuscript. However, reviewer 2 was unsatisfied with the revised manuscript and insisted that he or she thinks that the authors did not consider what he or she commented during the first round of review. That argument seems absurd to me, considering that the authors gave responses to reviewer 2 regarding comments received from reviewer 2.
In some cases(e.g. other journals), editors push through the review process based on their own judgment when a reviewer keeps acting absurd. However, editors of "Technology Analysis & strategic Management" avoid continuing the process when there are disagreements between reviewers.
In some cases(e.g. other journals), editors push through the review process based on their own judgment when a reviewer keeps acting absurd. However, editors of "Technology Analysis & strategic Management" avoid continuing the process when there are disagreements between reviewers.
7.0 weeks
7.0 weeks
n/a
2 reports
Rejected
Motivation:
The review was quick, but of very low quality. Almost all of the reviewer's concerns, questions and suggestions had already been clarified and addressed in the manuscript. It seemed like the reviewer had not read most of the article. Our response to the review was ignored.
Motivation:
The review turn around time for this journal is quite fast; however, editor should wait for at least two review reports before giving the decision on a manuscript.
Motivation:
The reviewers identified so-called weaknesses that were not weaknesses at all. They were easily refutable. However, the editor did not give us the chance to revise the manuscript, arguing that the weaknesses were difficult to address. It is a pity that we were not able to defend our work. I appreciate the editor for sending out the manuscript to reviewers, but I give a low score for judgment of the revisions required. The main argument against our manuscript was flawed and could be easily refuted.
Motivation:
The review process was unnecessarily long. The reviews seem overall complete and reasonable, although short. Some mentions in one of the reviews makes us suspect that it was mixed with the review of a different paper, as it discusses statements not present in our work.
Motivation:
The reviewing timeline was extensive, and peer comments were frustrating. It seemed detrimental to describe the paper as "brilliant" scientifically but disqualify it because of the sensitive issues it addresses. For a paper with no scientific issues and fitting the journal's scope, corrections requests would have seemed appropriate to smooth the political dimension.
Motivation:
Fast response, but sad outcome
Motivation:
Although our paper was rejected by the journal, the process was very efficient.
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The manuscript was sent out for review, but then rejected based on one review report. The process was very fast, however. One of the major comments in the report of the reviewer was that our results contrasted with existing (but different) evidence, which would take away some of the novelty. It felt like this very much contributed to the critical tone of the report and rejection thereafter, while I feel that challenging existing evidence is a crucial part of our work as scientist.
Motivation:
I took extremely long time. I had contacted the editorial office but the assistant editor keep send the copy & paste email saying "sorry for delay". So I contacted the customer service team to ask them deal with the delay. I guess if I hadn't contact them, it would have took much longer to get the first revision. The reviewers comment was helpful.
Motivation:
Took almost a month for a desk reject. Not clear whether anyone read the manuscript prior to desk rejecting.
Motivation:
a geneirc report was provided 6 months after the submission
Motivation:
The reviewers engaged seriously with the article and gave helpful, relevant reviews.
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Two times some of reviewers, or editors or... I don't know, abandoned the process. First time, after more than 10 weeks without news, I sent an email and first reviewer left the process. Three days after, first revision was completed (?) and mansucript left pending of major changes. Second time, one... reviewer? editor? left the process. 17 weeks after sending the correction of minor changes, the manuscript was rejected.
After 40 weeks and two revisions, two reviewers agreed with the changes of the manuscript and it was rejected. Well done PLOS.
After 40 weeks and two revisions, two reviewers agreed with the changes of the manuscript and it was rejected. Well done PLOS.
Motivation:
A short paragraph explaining why the manuscript was not a good fit for the journal and some suggestions about what kind of journal might be more suitable.
Motivation:
It took less than two weeks from submission to receiving a rejection notice from the editor, which can be considered a moderate speed.
Motivation:
Due to reviewers' withdrawal and editorial changes, it took more than a year until we got the first decision. We only got one review, which had very few comments, primarily related to typos
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The editorial board's assessment and informal consultations with experts took 3 months. Rejected without any report.
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Quick desk reject.
Motivation:
A little too much time for a desk rejection with very vague reasons, but not dramatic.
Motivation:
The decision is fairly justified; however, taking 120 days for a desk rejection is unacceptable, especially given the reason provided. According to their website, such a decision could easily have been made within the stated median of 5 days. There was no explanation for the prolonged process, nor any meaningful response to my requests for updates during this 120-day period.
Motivation:
They required the manuscript submitted are comprehensive and authoritative, timely, well written and address major issues of importance to obesity.
Motivation:
- One single review with generalist comments like "You should do more experiments", "You should do more analysis", "There are still typos"..
- Very old Interface for application.
+ The tracking system of Elsevier for updates to see which reviewers had accepted or not.
- Very old Interface for application.
+ The tracking system of Elsevier for updates to see which reviewers had accepted or not.
Motivation:
The reviewers handled the paper promptly. The handling editor was too busy to deal with the submission and so the paper spent several weeks Awaiting Recommendation after each round of revision, totally almost 5 months. Usually, editorial decisions are made within a few days of receiving reviews. We asked for assistance from the editorial board. They replied to us politely but didn't speed anything up.
Motivation:
I submitted to RSC advances because I heard that peer review was fast and also heard that review process is fair.