Dur. 1st rev. rnd
Tot. handling time
Imm. rejection time
Num. rev. reports
Report quality
Overall rating
Outcome
Year
4.3 weeks
8.9 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
4
Accepted
2023
Motivation: Handling of the manuscript went smoothly, reviewers provided an insightful, useful review.
11.6 weeks
17.7 weeks
n/a
4 reports
4
4
Accepted
2022
Motivation: Smooth process. Good reviews, helpful for improvement of the manuscript
n/a
n/a
21 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
2021
Motivation: Very fast decision. Although, the arguments given were rather weird as this was not the scope of the paper. Lack of novelty is also very strange as this was the first study ever for the specific topic.
n/a
n/a
5 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
2022
7.4 weeks
7.4 weeks
n/a
1 reports
5
5
Rejected
2021
Motivation: After four days of my submission, I was asked to resubmit it with more informative cover letter. Four days after resubmission, the manuscript went for review. The review process was fast (42 days) when compared with other journals even though the manuscript was rejected.
8.7 weeks
11.7 weeks
n/a
4 reports
4
4
Accepted
2014
Motivation: The review process of the Algal Research Journal was very good to make the manuscript transparent for publication