Dur. 1st rev. rnd
Tot. handling time
Imm. rejection time
Num. rev. reports
Report quality
Overall rating
Outcome
Year
14.6 weeks
14.6 weeks
n/a
3 reports
5
5
Rejected
2026
Motivation: The Empirical Software Engineering journal (EMSE) is well-reputed and maintained in the field of software engineering. Apart from a disappointment of the rejection decision, their feedback is gold standard for a researcher. They suggested dividing the manuscript into two papers, and following their feedback, I did that and addressed all concerns, and one part of it is not accepted for publication in the Journal of Systems and Software with minor revisions within 4 months. I personally suggest that the software engineering researchers, if you require a masterclass on software engineering research and if your manuscript clear their desks; EMSE will not disappoint you.
12.1 weeks
23.1 weeks
n/a
3 reports
5
4
Accepted
2021