Journal title
Dur. 1st rev. rnd
Tot. handling time
Imm. rejection time
Num. rev. reports
Report quality
Overall rating
Outcome
13.0 weeks
14.0 weeks
n/a
6 reports
5
5
Accepted
5.9 weeks
7.9 weeks
n/a
2 reports
5
5
Accepted
22.7 weeks
51.4 weeks
n/a
2 reports
5
5
Accepted
Motivation: The feedback from the reviewers really improved the quality of the paper.
2.6 weeks
7.4 weeks
n/a
3 reports
4
3
Accepted
n/a
n/a
28 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
3.3 weeks
6.9 weeks
n/a
1 reports
4
4
Accepted
16.3 weeks
19.0 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
5
Accepted
Motivation: The reviewer's comment improved the quality of the paper. The Editor played a very solid role in speeding up the review process.
10.4 weeks
28.1 weeks
n/a
3 reports
4
5
Accepted
Motivation: Reviewers expert on the field. The process was really fast and the editor was really communicative. He did not send it out to an unnecessary third round of reviews after minor changes. However, the paper handling by Elsevier is bad, proof plenty of mistakes, references without crossref, and errors even after publication.
n/a
n/a
3 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
Motivation: As a broad topic journal, it is sometimes difficult to understand the exact scope of what constitutes applied physics versus something else. Their website on this question was not very helpful. However, they are excellent in terms of keeping the authors informed every step of the way.
7.3 weeks
22.9 weeks
n/a
3 reports
4
5
Accepted
Motivation: After one round of major revision to address three reviewer's conctructive comments, a second round of minor revision to address one reviewer's remaining comments, we spend another week to address the journal editors' extensive and expert comments to the text and figures.
57.4 weeks
57.4 weeks
n/a
3 reports
4
5
Rejected
Motivation: My paper was rejected but the review process was just one month. It is a top journal with a high number of submissions. It is impressive how they obtained three reviews of high quality in a short period of time.
5.9 weeks
9.9 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
5
Accepted
n/a
n/a
8 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
3.4 weeks
6.1 weeks
n/a
3 reports
4
5
Accepted
6.5 weeks
6.5 weeks
n/a
3 reports
4
4
Rejected
8.7 weeks
13.7 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
4
Accepted
8.7 weeks
11.7 weeks
n/a
2 reports
5
5
Accepted
n/a
n/a
8 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
Motivation: The editorial staff was professional and quick. Although I disagreed with their findings (and was ultimately proven correct), I appreciated their speed to come to a decision and the balanced manner they presented it.
7.9 weeks
10.1 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
5
Accepted
Motivation: Overall great experience. The second paper I've published with PNAS and so far they have both been nice experiences. I would definitely submit another article to them again in the future.
n/a
n/a
16 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
Motivation: The paper was not general interest enough for the journal.
4.3 weeks
11.7 weeks
n/a
3 reports
4
4
Accepted
6.4 weeks
10.6 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
5
Accepted
8.4 weeks
11.4 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
3
Accepted
4.1 weeks
4.1 weeks
n/a
3 reports
4
4
Rejected
3.3 weeks
7.6 weeks
n/a
2 reports
3
3
Rejected
3.4 weeks
3.4 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
5
Accepted
4.3 weeks
4.3 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
5
Accepted
Motivation: High quality reviews, fast handling
15.0 weeks
15.0 weeks
n/a
1 reports
5
4
Rejected
Motivation: We receive one report from a reviewer. The report was clear and detailed and the reviewer explained that the paper's contributions were not significant enough for this journal. He/she also pointed out several problems (motivation and background). The total handling time was a bit too long but the quality of the report was very good.
3.0 weeks
4.9 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
4
Accepted
Motivation: The review process was quick. The editors and reviewers were fair.
n/a
n/a
4 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
n/a
n/a
129 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
11.7 weeks
30.3 weeks
n/a
3 reports
5
5
Accepted
19.5 weeks
21.5 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
3
Accepted
16.7 weeks
16.7 weeks
n/a
3 reports
3
2
Rejected
n/a
n/a
0 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
n/a
n/a
27 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
Motivation: It took the Editorial Office four weeks to come up with this statement:
"We have considered your manuscript for publication in JMSC and regrettably conclude that this manuscript is not suited for publication in this journal.
Please note that this does not pass judgment on the technical aspects of your research. The decision is solely based on the contributions of the manuscript as the findings do not indicate significant new advances in the understanding of materials science that justify publication in JMSC." The member of the Editorial Office, who checked our manuscript, had H-index of 13.
5.0 weeks
9.3 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
4
Accepted
n/a
n/a
34 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
Motivation: If the manuscript not suitable with a scop of a journal, it should be rejected in couple of days, not after around 5 weeks.
11.1 weeks
11.1 weeks
n/a
0 reports
n/a
5
Accepted
4.1 weeks
8.3 weeks
n/a
3 reports
4
4
Accepted