Dur. 1st rev. rnd
Tot. handling time
Imm. rejection time
Num. rev. reports
Report quality
Overall rating
Outcome
Year
12.7 weeks
12.7 weeks
n/a
2 reports
3
2
Rejected
2023
Motivation: This was an outright reject even though the concerns seemed minor and easily addressed. One reviewer just sounded confused, with queries for clarification, and the other suggested minor corrections and offered a dense proof of a complex supplementary equation that wasn't needed. The handling editor ignored the proof, said the minor issues "could be accounted for in a revised version", and rejected the paper based on a concern about a conceptual model used to explain the pattern. The math, data, and results weren't challenged.
7.6 weeks
25.3 weeks
n/a
3 reports
4
4
Accepted
2022
Motivation: Generally pleasant experience. The three reviewers were respectful and professional. The editors decision after the resubmission of the revised manuscript took a long time, I think because the editor got sick. I sent multiple inquiries to the state of the manuscript, which were handled very nicely and professionally. After the manuscript was accepted the journal continued to upload the wrong supplementary data but this was rectified after some more emails. Very lovely production team and very productive review process.
Immediately accepted after 0.3 weeks
Accepted (im.)
2022
Motivation: A brevia paper in Ecography
n/a
n/a
2 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
2018
26.9 weeks
26.9 weeks
n/a
2 reports
0
0
Rejected
2018
Motivation: Six months under review without any in-between note! The reviews were extremely weak. We could not basically learn anything useful from the reviews to improve the manuscript. The reviews were in the lines: May be your global study was biased? Why did not you include the data of the home country of the reviewer in your global data set?
n/a
n/a
11 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
2017
n/a
n/a
1 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
2014
13.1 weeks
21.6 weeks
n/a
2 reports
5
5
Accepted
2017
Motivation: Our experience from first submission through both sets of revisions was a very positive one. Both referees clearly spent considerable time on the reviews, and provided reports of high quality and detail that helped us greatly in reworking certain sections of the paper. The handling time was quite lengthy, but this was not surprising given the complexity of the manuscript, and the editorial team did a fine job in handling the paper and responding to queries in a timely fashion.
n/a
n/a
4 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
2014
n/a
n/a
6 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
2016
n/a
n/a
7 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
2012
11.1 weeks
22.7 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
4
Accepted
2015
Motivation: The review process was long, but reviewers did a great job checking every part of the manuscript and appendices. Suggestions were good but required a lot of new work to be done.
14.9 weeks
27.7 weeks
n/a
2 reports
4
1
Accepted
2014
Motivation: The review was handled badly because I had to make multiple revisions, yet on every review the decision was 'minor revisions'. Even after very positive reviews and a 'minor revision' decision the manuscript was sent out to additional (new) reviewers. The changes I was asked to make after each review by the editor could have been made on the first round of review if they had all been brought up then. This led to much frustration and took up more time than necessary.
n/a
n/a
3 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
2014
Motivation: Not well motivated why the manuscript was not sent out on review.