Dur. 1st rev. rnd
Tot. handling time
Imm. rejection time
Num. rev. reports
Report quality
Overall rating
Outcome
Year
8.9 weeks
14.6 weeks
n/a
2 reports
5
3
Accepted
2024
Motivation: The reviews were generally very good and greatly improved the paper, although on the second round one reviewer made confident (but incorrect) assertions about the results, so we appreciated that the editor was not overly swayed by these remarks and took a fair and considered view. The review process was a little on the slow side, but much better than how Cognition used to be. We were a little confused about the double blind review process that has recently been introduced. The submission system specifically asks you to confirm that all funding sources are acknowledged in the manuscript, but the manuscript was then returned to us because we included the funding information as requested. Then, after the second round, the editor indicated that the manuscript would be accepted with a small revision and would not undergo further review, but after sitting with Elsevier for a two weeks, the revised manuscript was returned to us again for not being anonymized (even though there was no real need for anonymization at this final stage). So, tip for the future submitters: Make sure everything is totally anonymous all the way to the end, and then fix the acknowledgements and anonymous OSF/prereg links at the proofs stage.
n/a
n/a
21 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
2021
n/a
n/a
19 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
2022
Motivation: Manuscript was desk-rejected without any further comment, which is unfortunate because it would have been good to at least know whether the problem was the fit, the breadth of the paper, or something else. After all (also taking experiences with other submissions), it appears to be a lottery on whether a paper gets a chance at the journal.
13.6 weeks
13.6 weeks
n/a
3 reports
3
3
Rejected
2022
7.1 weeks
13.3 weeks
n/a
3 reports
3
5
Accepted
2020
29.3 weeks
40.7 weeks
n/a
3 reports
5
4
Accepted
2018
Motivation: Two of the initial reviews were excellent; the third was very cursory/generic. First round of reviews were extremely slow (~7 months) and I had to email to push things forward. The editor was clear, decisive, and fast after the initial slowness.
n/a
n/a
18 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
2019
8.7 weeks
17.4 weeks
n/a
3 reports
4
5
Accepted
2018
13.6 weeks
17.1 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
3
Accepted
2017
Motivation: The first review round took much too long for a tentative acceptance outcome.
13.1 weeks
13.1 weeks
n/a
2 reports
2
2
Rejected
2017
Motivation: My main criticism is that 3 months is a lot of time for a revision process (btw, my paper was quite short, only 3 figures), thus I expected at least a constructive criticism of the reviewers. Instead, one of the reviewers criticized the methodology without providing any advice or giving us any chance to justify the choice of our method. I believe this does not lead to a proper scientific discussion.
18.7 weeks
42.6 weeks
n/a
3 reports
3
3
Accepted
2017
12.4 weeks
12.4 weeks
n/a
2 reports
3
3
Rejected
2016
Motivation: Given that one reviewer was positive and the other recommended Reject, I believe the process could have benefited from a 3rd reviewer.
14.9 weeks
18.9 weeks
n/a
3 reports
4
4
Accepted
2015
Motivation: very insightful feedback on behalf of the reviewers
5.4 weeks
5.4 weeks
n/a
3 reports
4
4
Rejected
2015
n/a
n/a
27 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
2013
Motivation: Editor rejected manuscript based on a subjective opinion of methodological issues with study without consulting reviewers. I previously submitted the manuscript to another journal, and none of the reviewers had the issue on which the editor based his decision. Editor claimed that length of time to render decision was due to a missing associate editor.
21.7 weeks
47.7 weeks
n/a
3 reports
5
4
Accepted
2010
Motivation: Rather long review process but I received excellent reviews that helped improving the manuscript substantially.