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We had an extremely positive experience with the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) editorial process after publishing our research protocol in the sister journal, JMIR Research Protocols. The Editor was rapid and directive in his editorial decisions, which was appreciated. Highly recommended.
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Clear and relevant requests by reviewers. Fast editorial process.
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I was strongly encouraged to rewrite the original submitted version. I did so, also submitting a detailed list of changes and responses. I submitted the revised version in September 2015. Toward the end of January 2015, I wrote the editor seeking an update. The reply: "I am still waiting for the reviews but chasing the reviewers. Hope to be able to come back to you shortly".
Having no reply, I wrote the editor in early September 2016, asking for an update. The reply in part: "To be frank, we have discussed your paper among the guest editors but felt that on balance the revised version did not address the concerns that had been raised by the reviewers. Hence we were not very optimistic that the revised paper would survive the inevitable peer review."
Having no reply, I wrote the editor in early September 2016, asking for an update. The reply in part: "To be frank, we have discussed your paper among the guest editors but felt that on balance the revised version did not address the concerns that had been raised by the reviewers. Hence we were not very optimistic that the revised paper would survive the inevitable peer review."
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Everything went very quickly and efficiently with this Journal of Neuroscience review process. In a way, you somewhat expect this, given that you pay to submit to this journal. I was very pleased from start to finish with the speed, efficiency and quality of the peer review process with Journal of Neuroscience.
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Seemed a bit slow for a desk reject (~2.5 weeks) but the submission process was relatively straightforward so not too much time lost.
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The reviewers were helpful and fast, with two rounds taking only ~4-5 weeks total. We had the paper for two weeks for revision. The remainder, ~5.5 months, was dragged out by poor editorial handling. We waited >1 month before an editor and reviewers were found.
As an example of the poor editorial handling, the editorial office told us (because we complained about the slowness) that the second round of reviews had been completed, yet our status remained "under review" for 3 weeks afterward instead of "required reviews complete" or "awaiting editorial decision". And no further revisions were requested by reviewers, so the editor had no excuse to wait that length of time.
Publication production was very fast, taking only a week from formal acceptance to online publication.
As an example of the poor editorial handling, the editorial office told us (because we complained about the slowness) that the second round of reviews had been completed, yet our status remained "under review" for 3 weeks afterward instead of "required reviews complete" or "awaiting editorial decision". And no further revisions were requested by reviewers, so the editor had no excuse to wait that length of time.
Publication production was very fast, taking only a week from formal acceptance to online publication.
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The decision making was too slow, and their comments were nothing but useless one.
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I have the feeling that if I hadn't asked for the status of our manuscript (after correcting everything the reviewers told us and sending it back), the paper would still be waiting the final decision.
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The editorial assistant, Jenny Abarbanel, was consistently prompt and helpful. Reviewer comments were high-quality and contributed to the paper. Bruce Hoffman, the editor in chief, was also extremely prompt in all his communications. I highly recommend submitting your manuscript to this journal - they are communicative and timely where other journals are often unresponsive, slow, and unhelpful.
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The durations of the reviews were less than 4 weeks, so it is relatively fast. The comments of two reviewers were rigorous and helpful for the improvement of my manuscript, so we revised our paper twice. We extended the revision time once, and the editor was easy to communicate.
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Long turn around time. Third reviewer (not involved in initial reviews) gave a very emotive review.
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Overall good handling and high quality reviews.
First review round took quite long.
First review round took quite long.
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Reviews were timely and very useful. Editorial decision-making was efficient and clear. I recommend this journal for a positive experience of publication process. .
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overall handling was good. the quality of the reviews was average.
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The review process was very speedy. Still, the reports clearly showed that both the editorial staff and the the evaluators have gone over the text carefully. Feedback was very constructive, with clear reasons for rejection and recommendations for improvement.
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The review process is extremly fast. Everything is managed via email instead of a publication system, which I found very comfortable. Very nice is also that the corresponding author gets via email notice when the reviewers are informed about the paper.
34.7 weeks
39.1 weeks
n/a
2 reports
Accepted
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I do not have any complaining about the speed of the journal. However I am not able to apreciate the reasons for the rejection. Journals, like Plos One, claim that they are not interested in percieved impact. But in my expreience they do, (somewhere in the deep). My manuscript was about genome-wide identification of an enzyme family in a group of single-celled eukaryotes. Editor thinks that blasting for the presence or absence of genes from publicly avaible data is not a primary scientific research (a criterion for publication with PlosONE). But I can show countless number of these kind of studies. Even one published in Plos One. He also found my phylogenetic analyses limited. This sounds to me that editor seeks an impact. Therefore, Plos One and that kind of journals should stop involving the name of Academic Editor in the accepted manuscript. Some "arrogant" editors do not want to be part of a nonimpactful paper. That is my theory.
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The reason for the gap between initial submission and external review was that the manuscript was under "Editorial Board Consideration" for nearly three months. Several (4) emails to the editorial office during this time got the simple reply that it was not possible to find an editor because they were all in the field or on holidays (literally). We send the fifth email as a letter of formal complaint to the Editor-In-Chief. We had an editor assigned within a week and the paper was sent immediately after for external review (only to 1 reviewer). I as leading author am not bothered with the review itself but with the rather poor handling of the manuscript by the editorial office.