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Dur. 1st rev. rnd
Tot. handling time
Imm. rejection time
Num. rev. reports
Report quality
Overall rating
Outcome
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The editor's handling was fast. Our manuscript was quickly sent out for review. The referee comments and editor's final decision were fair and justified.
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The editor rejected our manuscript after 3 days of submission. This is a very fast response speed, and we were able to re-submit to Physical Review series. We believe that the editor's decision was fair and justified.
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Peer review process is very rigorous. The editor allowed us to spend considerable amount of time to revised our manuscript. Editor and reviewer comments/decisions are fair and justified.
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A month for a desk rejection is slow.
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After 6 weeks after submission, we have received 2 reviews - one positive and one negative. Unfortunately, the editor inclined to the negative review and rejected the manuscript. We wrote appeal letter, because the negative review was absolutely out of the bowl, using unscientific based arguments...we were writing 4 pages long appeal letter for the WHOLE DAY, carefully argumenting each reviewer statement. It takes only 5 MINUTES to getting answer from editor-in-chief: "You need to send it to some other journal". So, he couldn´t open and read our appeal letter. I think, such behavior is very unfair and nonprofessional.
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While the paper was rejected, the reviews were fair. The associate editor took the extra effort of doing some extra research, so that we can further pursue the research reported in the paper. She also apologized in advance for the delay of the decision.
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I sent a withdrawal letter and the editorial office replied ensuring they have withdrawn the manuscript. later, after 1 week I received an email with the rejection decision!!
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"Recently we have implemented a TRIAGE SYSTEM to identify those submissions, which stand a fair chance of being accepted for publication. While we are sure that you spent considerable time and effort on performing this study, your current manuscript does not fulfill the criteria set by the journal."
First, the editor didn't provide any information about what criteria the manuscript didn't fulfill. and When I sent him an email asking about the journal's CRITERIA, I received no reply since then.
Second, I don't understand the word "Triage system to manuscript". that doesn't even have a literal meaning!!
First, the editor didn't provide any information about what criteria the manuscript didn't fulfill. and When I sent him an email asking about the journal's CRITERIA, I received no reply since then.
Second, I don't understand the word "Triage system to manuscript". that doesn't even have a literal meaning!!
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Two relevant reviews within a reasonable amount of time
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Received three half-page reviews which made clear that the reviewers did not like the manuscript, but were not particularly engaged or constructive.
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This decision could be taken in one week maximum. It is more than enough to check the manuscript suitability. In this journal the same decision took about three months.
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Editor-in-chief answered promptly and was helpful. Online tracking system is functioning well. We feel that the review process increased the overall quality of the paper. Reviewers were familiar with the area of research and comments were thorough and knowledgeable, and took only 4 weeks.
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Reviews was usefull and reviewers looks very expierenced in the field of our research. Reviewers works fast. A littlle bit long time paper have status "with editor".
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The review process was very fast. Reviewers comments was useful. Totally ol review process looks very well.
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The length of the first review was exceptionally long. However, the editors were responsive to my inquiries during the lengthy review
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Editor was balanced and appreciative. Quality of review reports was reasonable.
The editor apologised for the difficulty in finding reviewers (one or more who agreed to review did not actually return the review reports). Because of that, the process took much longer than their average turnaround times (which they usually report at the beginning of each year in an Editorial).
The editor apologised for the difficulty in finding reviewers (one or more who agreed to review did not actually return the review reports). Because of that, the process took much longer than their average turnaround times (which they usually report at the beginning of each year in an Editorial).
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Slow initial handling – it took over a month to assign an editor to the submission and then another few weeks before this editor sent the manuscript to external reviewers. Lean and personal communication in later stages of the review process however makes up for some of the delays caused initially.
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Overall, an excellent, high-quality and speedy review process.
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Conditional acceptance after 8 months waiting. Not sure what hold-up was. Only received comments from one referee as well.
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Very fast tournaround time. The editor is responsive and helpful. The reviews I received followed a standardized scheme, but could be more detailed and of higher quality.
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3 months for a rejection without external reviewers
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I felt the editor raised important points in rejecting the manuscript, even if I did not agree with them entirely. I used many of the comments to improve the manuscript, which helped get it published elsewhere. I appreciated that the editor shared my manuscript with a colleague to gain additional advice before making a decision.
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I felt the process was smooth and reasonably fast. I never felt like the waiting periods were excessive, and and in general the comments were relevant and constructive. Editors responded to queries quickly and were accommodating regarding timelines for returning revisions.