Dur. 1st rev. rnd
Tot. handling time
Imm. rejection time
Num. rev. reports
Report quality
Overall rating
Outcome
Year
33.1 weeks
57.9 weeks
n/a
2 reports
Rejected
2024
Motivation:
The editor hand picked a very negative reviewer for round 2, who came up with a lot of non-substantive feedback. Some critique went against things we had implemented after the first review round. In the end, in round three new critique was raised that went against fundamental questions of the data collection. To identify these should be the editors or the first round reviewers task, not a third round review. In part condescending tone in both the reviews and the editorial communication.
30.9 weeks
106.9 weeks
n/a
1 reports
Rejected
2017
Motivation:
The editor ignored the external review process and rejected the paper after more than 2 years.
11.0 weeks
24.4 weeks
n/a
2 reports
Rejected
2016
Motivation:
Got good reviews that provided good direction for revising the manuscript. The reviews I got after the revision reflected more the personal beliefs of the editor and his hand-selected new reviewers than anything objective. I will never submit anything to this journal again.