Journal title
Dur. 1st rev. rnd
Tot. handling time
Imm. rejection time
Num. rev. reports
Report quality
Overall rating
Outcome
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
n/a
n/a
7 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
Motivation: No reason was given as to why the manuscript was not fit for the journal.
Signal, Image and Video Processing
17.4 weeks
18.4 weeks
n/a
3 reports
3
4
Accepted
Motivation: The reviews were ok.
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
6.0 weeks
6.4 weeks
n/a
3 reports
2
5
Accepted
Scientific Reports
8.0 weeks
10.0 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
4
Accepted
Elife
n/a
n/a
7 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
Genome
n/a
n/a
7 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
Nucleic Acids Research
4.0 weeks
7.0 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
5
Accepted
Journal of Child Neurology
5.0 weeks
7.0 weeks
n/a
2 reports
3
3
Accepted
Energy
8.0 weeks
11.0 weeks
n/a
3 reports
4
5
Accepted
Energy Conversion and Management
6.0 weeks
9.0 weeks
n/a
3 reports
5
5
Accepted
BMJ Quality and Safety
n/a
n/a
113 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
Motivation: I emailed the editors about three months after I submitted the manuscript for information about the status. The editor emailed me back apologizing about the delayed handling of my paper. "Summer absences among reviewers and editors caused problems..". Furthermore, they obtained only two very poor quality reviews. He read my manuscript and sent it to two senior editors to look it over and "hopefully have a (favourable) decision in the coming 2 weeks or so". Two weeks later I got the dissapointing email that my manuscript was rejected after all.
Demographic Research
39.4 weeks
46.1 weeks
n/a
3 reports
5
4
Accepted
Motivation: The first review round took several months time, probably because it was difficult for the journal to find reviewers. Once reviewers were located, we iterated back and forth very quickly with revisions, and the suggestions improved the paper. Reviews were both cordial and constructive. I was very happy with the review process.
Developmental Dynamics
8.7 weeks
10.7 weeks
n/a
2 reports
3
4
Accepted
Tuberculosis
6.0 weeks
7.0 weeks
n/a
3 reports
3
4
Accepted
Plant Physiology
13.0 weeks
15.0 weeks
n/a
2 reports
5
5
Accepted
New Journal of Physics
4.3 weeks
8.7 weeks
n/a
3 reports
5
4
Accepted
11.0 weeks
18.0 weeks
n/a
3 reports
4
5
Accepted
Motivation: The reviewers comments were very useful and absolutely well-justified, thus contributing to the improvement of the paper. After paper acceptance, the editing and publication processes were very fast.
Environmental Earth Sciences
21.7 weeks
26.0 weeks
n/a
2 reports
5
5
Accepted
Applied Radiation and Isotopes
13.0 weeks
15.0 weeks
n/a
2 reports
5
5
Accepted
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
8.7 weeks
12.7 weeks
n/a
1 reports
5
5
Accepted
Renewable Energy
10.7 weeks
12.7 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
5
Accepted
Motivation: The review process was quite fast and very useful for the paper improvement. The reviewers comments were clear and well-justified. After paper accepting, the editing process was fast and very simple.
BMC Biotechnology
11.4 weeks
20.6 weeks
n/a
2 reports
1
1
Accepted
Motivation: I felt like there were very long lag times between submission of the manuscript (initially and revised) and any communication from the journal. I wondered if perhaps the editorial board and referees were not familiar with my area of research, as the reviews were not particularly helpful, and the whole process took a very long time. It also seemed like the editor was changed between the initial submission and the revised submission of the manuscript.
PLoS ONE
6.0 weeks
10.1 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
4
Accepted
Motivation: The review process was fair, the reviewers comments well considered and informed and turnaround time was reasonable.
Environment and Planning, A
n/a
n/a
2 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
11.7 weeks
37.6 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
3
Accepted
British Poultry Science
8.7 weeks
9.7 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
5
Accepted
Motivation: Editors must consider the paper as fit for reviewing or not based on the merit of the paper and not based on the corresponding authors publishing history or the country.
International Journal of Thermal Sciences
34.7 weeks
34.7 weeks
n/a
2 reports
5
5
Accepted
Agronomy for Sustainable Development
18.1 weeks
21.9 weeks
n/a
3 reports
5
4
Accepted
Motivation: This journal is very meticulous. In addition to doing a thorough job of vetting the scientific content of my article, the editor and his staff made sure that all journal requirements were adhered to completely before accepting manuscripts for publication. And they went about the process very professionally.
Acta Politica
31.0 weeks
36.0 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
4
Accepted
Motivation: One of the reviewer would have liked a different paper, but the editor helped us navigate the challenge.
Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change
3.1 weeks
3.4 weeks
n/a
4 reports
4
5
Accepted
Water SA
8.7 weeks
8.7 weeks
n/a
2 reports
3
4
Accepted
Annals of Microbiology
8.7 weeks
10.7 weeks
n/a
1 reports
5
5
Accepted
Motivation: Nice review process
Gaia
34.7 weeks
39.1 weeks
n/a
3 reports
3
4
Accepted
Motivation: I was very happy with the very fast and well-organized publication process after the editor's final decision (about 1 month) and the great editing support!
New Phytologist
n/a
n/a
3 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
BMC Medicine
n/a
n/a
3 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
Open Linguistics
5.0 weeks
5.4 weeks
n/a
2 reports
5
5
Accepted
Motivation: The reviews were from experts in the subfield, came in swiftly and were quite helpful. After publication, the journal manager shared our paper with many of the people whose research we cited, thus drawing attention to our work. We were happy with this exposure, as we had picked Open Linguistics specifically because its open access nature.
Language and Linguistics Compass
12.1 weeks
16.6 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
4
Accepted
Motivation: Good, helpful reviews. Editorial decision was 'accept w/ minor revisions', so in between the outright accept and revise & resubmit choices SciRev offers. It took a long time for the paper to come out post-acceptance.
ChemPhysChem
2.9 weeks
2.9 weeks
n/a
2 reports
5
5
Accepted
Motivation: Review process well managed by Editors
Journal of Marketing Research
11.1 weeks
17.3 weeks
n/a
4 reports
5
5
Accepted
Journal of the American Chemical Society
2.6 weeks
2.6 weeks
n/a
1 reports
5
5
Accepted
Motivation: Due to the quality of our manuscript, JACS reviewed, accepted, and published it within a month.