Dur. 1st rev. rnd
Tot. handling time
Imm. rejection time
Num. rev. reports
Report quality
Overall rating
Outcome
Year
n/a
n/a
7 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
2022
Motivation: They offered a transfer to the sister open-access journal Advanced Engineering Materials.
3.7 weeks
3.7 weeks
n/a
2 reports
5
4
Accepted
2021
n/a
n/a
7 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
2021
n/a
n/a
8 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
2021
Motivation: (appropriately) transferred to a sister journal
n/a
n/a
8 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
2020
Motivation: The editor offered us a direct transfer to a sister journal.
8.6 weeks
12.0 weeks
n/a
2 reports
5
5
Accepted
2021
n/a
n/a
12 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
2020
n/a
n/a
11 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
2019
Motivation: The Editor who evaluated my paper was not from my field. Her PhD was in Molecular Medicines while my area is semiconductor Physics exactly The LED. It was very bad experience.
5.3 weeks
5.3 weeks
n/a
1 reports
5
5
Accepted
2019
n/a
n/a
21 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
2019
4.3 weeks
4.3 weeks
n/a
2 reports
2
4
Rejected
2018
Motivation: After we asked the Editor for any update regarding the paper the 1st round of review came quickly. Reports from 1 reviewer in particular were overly destructive and led to outright rejection.
6.6 weeks
6.6 weeks
n/a
2 reports
2
2
Drawn back
2018
n/a
n/a
8 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
2018
11.6 weeks
11.6 weeks
n/a
1 reports
1
0
Rejected
2018
n/a
n/a
10 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
2016
7.1 weeks
7.1 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
3
Rejected
2016
4.4 weeks
6.1 weeks
n/a
3 reports
4
5
Accepted
2015