Dur. 1st rev. rnd
Tot. handling time
Imm. rejection time
Num. rev. reports
Report quality
Overall rating
Outcome
Year
n/a
n/a
102 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
2013
Motivation: The editors decided that the manuscript was not appropriate / relevant. I wonder why this decision took them 3 months.
8.4 weeks
19.4 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
4
Accepted
2014
Motivation: The review process was professional and the review duration was acceptable.
n/a
n/a
30 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
2014
4.0 weeks
4.0 weeks
n/a
2 reports
5
5
Accepted
2013
Motivation: Very rapid turnaround. The article was a controversial one, and I expected at least one hostile reviewer to respond to, but the editors were very fair in sending it to reviewers who would be objective.