Journal title
Dur. 1st rev. rnd
Tot. handling time
Imm. rejection time
Num. rev. reports
Report quality
Overall rating
Outcome
Drawn back before first editorial decision after 288.0 days
Drawn back
Motivation: The Editor-in-Chief suggested withdrawal of the manuscript as he was unable to find reviewers.
Drawn back before first editorial decision after 115.0 days
Drawn back
Motivation: I never received an acknowledge of reception; I wrote three times to the editor to know what was going on. I finally withdrew my manuscript. A few weeks later, I finally got a message from the editor apologizing.
8.7 weeks
10.7 weeks
n/a
2 reports
3
4
Accepted
Motivation: The review process was quiet effiecient. The text of the manuscript was checked by the journal and the figures were also revised for the design of the journal. The fees were fairly low in comparison to other journals (750 USD).
34.7 weeks
69.4 weeks
n/a
2 reports
1
1
Accepted
Motivation: The review required too much time!
4.0 weeks
4.0 weeks
n/a
3 reports
2
2
Rejected
Motivation: The journal and reviewers clearly did not care for the manuscript - the comments were not really formative, just not good enough. Immediately resubmitted to a different journal with a more broad focus but higher IF: accepted immediately.
6.0 weeks
6.0 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
4
Accepted
Motivation: Well handles, slightly slow review process but no real problems.
5.0 weeks
11.0 weeks
n/a
2 reports
5
5
Accepted
Motivation: Very professional handling with great comments and low response time.
8.0 weeks
8.0 weeks
n/a
2 reports
2
1
Rejected
Motivation: The reason for rejection was very vague and indicated that the paper had not been read thoroughly.
46.9 weeks
75.3 weeks
n/a
3 reports
3
1
Accepted
Motivation: The review process was extremely long with reviewer comments pointing in very different directions. While some of the comments were good and did improve the quality of the paper, it cannot justify the long waiting period.
39.1 weeks
39.1 weeks
n/a
2 reports
5
1
Rejected
Motivation: The reviewers' comments were useful but the length of time for the manuscript to be assigned reviewers, the time it took to receive the reviewer's reports after being assigned to reviewers and the length of time it took to receive responses to emails was excessive.
5.7 weeks
6.7 weeks
n/a
2 reports
5
5
Accepted
n/a
n/a
49 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
77.3 weeks
84.6 weeks
n/a
2 reports
3
4
Accepted
Motivation: The suggestions for improvements given by the referees were very close to corrections, I wished I had already done in the first submission. Statements I had provided were addressed, and my arguments for not changing them were obviously accepted. The discussion was improved by adding a few additional descriptive data, which supported the main idea and conclusion.
18.6 weeks
34.4 weeks
n/a
2 reports
5
4
Accepted
71.6 weeks
71.6 weeks
n/a
3 reports
3
3
Rejected
9.3 weeks
10.0 weeks
n/a
3 reports
5
5
Accepted
20.1 weeks
27.3 weeks
n/a
2 reports
3
4
Accepted
30.4 weeks
61.9 weeks
n/a
1 reports
5
4
Accepted
Motivation: The review process was a little bit too long. However, communication with the editor was perfect.
17.0 weeks
17.0 weeks
n/a
2 reports
0
2
Rejected
Motivation: After more than 4 months I received about 8 lines of comments from each of reviewers.
n/a
n/a
1 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
Motivation: Quick decision, however the reason for rejection is still not clear to me; they stated that my paper was "primarily exploratory".
57.9 weeks
65.9 weeks
n/a
1 reports
3
2
Accepted
Motivation: The comments were all reasonable but the process has been extremely slow
6.5 weeks
6.5 weeks
n/a
2 reports
2
2
Rejected
Motivation: One reviewer clearly hadn't read the manuscript. Comments were contradictory
8.7 weeks
8.7 weeks
n/a
1 reports
4
5
Accepted
34.7 weeks
34.7 weeks
n/a
2 reports
0
0
Rejected
43.4 weeks
43.4 weeks
n/a
2 reports
2
0
Rejected
n/a
n/a
4 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
4.0 weeks
8.7 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
4
Accepted
Motivation: We appreciated the fact that the editor commit himself in the revision process. We had to make some changes after the acceptance and the editorial office responded very kindly to our demands.
6.3 weeks
6.3 weeks
n/a
2 reports
3
3
Rejected
n/a
n/a
10 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
n/a
n/a
2 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
12.3 weeks
12.3 weeks
n/a
3 reports
3
3
Rejected
n/a
n/a
14 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
7.9 weeks
9.6 weeks
n/a
1 reports
3
4
Accepted
Motivation: I am satisfied with speed of the review process. But reviewer comments were often poorly understood or not well-founded.
1.0 weeks
1.0 weeks
n/a
1 reports
5
4
Drawn back
65.1 weeks
65.1 weeks
n/a
2 reports
2
2
Rejected
43.4 weeks
60.8 weeks
n/a
1 reports
4
1
Accepted
10.9 weeks
10.9 weeks
n/a
2 reports
1
1
Rejected
Motivation: The reviewers point out only minor problems and recommended rejection. The editor added no comments, saying that "since reviewer rejected the paper, I am going to follow that recommendation." The English by both the reviewers and the editor were very non-native.
n/a
n/a
12 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
26.0 weeks
26.0 weeks
n/a
2 reports
0
1
Rejected
n/a
n/a
1 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)