Dur. 1st rev. rnd
Tot. handling time
Imm. rejection time
Num. rev. reports
Report quality
Overall rating
Outcome
5.9 weeks
15.4 weeks
n/a
2 reports
Accepted
Motivation:
Smooth handling of the manuscript. Interesting review reports, although 1 review report was a bit shorter and less interesting due to the reviewer his/her opinion on the paper itself.
5.9 weeks
5.9 weeks
n/a
2 reports
Rejected
Motivation:
Paper was rejected based on the feedback from the reviewers. Feedback was good and warranted.
8.9 weeks
19.9 weeks
n/a
2 reports
Accepted
Motivation:
Good handling of the manuscript, good review reports.
4.3 weeks
8.9 weeks
n/a
2 reports
Accepted
Motivation:
Handling of the manuscript went smoothly, reviewers provided an insightful, useful review.
11.6 weeks
17.7 weeks
n/a
4 reports
Accepted
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.)
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.)
7.4 weeks
7.4 weeks
n/a
1 reports
Rejected
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
Accepted
Motivation:
The review process of the Algal Research Journal was very good to make the manuscript transparent for publication