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Reviews for "Journal of Animal Ecology"
| Journal title | Average duration | Review reports (1st review rnd.) |
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| (click to go to journal page) | 1st rev. rnd | Tot. handling | Im. rejection | Number | Quality | Overall rating | Outcome | Year |
| Journal of Animal Ecology | 12.6 weeks |
22.0 weeks |
n/a | 2 | 3 (good) |
2 (moderate) |
Accepted | 2021 |
| Motivation: Slow editorial process - the first decision had two reviewers' comments plus those from two editors, feedback was very helpful but was informed it would be a resubmission, not a revision. However next stage was much faster and even though classed major revisions were more or less editorial changes that again improved the manuscript. Overall I am happy with the revisions process and the editors and the outcome was a much-improved text, apart from that the decisions to first ask for a resubmission may be more to keep the rejection rate up and I thought the decision-making process could be faster as per the other comments here. | ||||||||
| Journal of Animal Ecology | 14.4 weeks |
23.4 weeks |
n/a | 2 | 5 (excellent) |
4 (very good) |
Accepted | 2020 |
| Motivation: The review process was of very good quality. However, it took a long time after first submission before the manuscript was sent out for review. | ||||||||
| Journal of Animal Ecology | n/a | n/a | 47.0 days |
n/a | n/a | n/a | Rejected (im.) | 2020 |
| Motivation: The time to a desk reject was quite long, however, it was during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic which may have delayed everything. The Associate Editor read my paper carefully and gave a careful explanation of the rejection. I was told approximately 85% of papers are rejected. | ||||||||
| Journal of Animal Ecology | 7.1 weeks |
24.1 weeks |
n/a | 2 | 5 (excellent) |
3 (good) |
Accepted | 2019 |
| Motivation: Reviews were of outstanding quality and definitely improved the manuscript. However, editorial decisions were very slow, each decision taking 31 to 42 days to arrive (counting only days in which the manuscript was in the editors' hand, not in reviewers'). | ||||||||
| Journal of Animal Ecology | n/a | n/a | 27.0 days |
n/a | n/a | n/a | Rejected (im.) | 2019 |
| Journal of Animal Ecology | 23.4 weeks |
23.4 weeks |
n/a | 2 | 3 (good) |
3 (good) |
Rejected | 2018 |
| Journal of Animal Ecology | n/a | n/a | 56.0 days |
n/a | n/a | n/a | Rejected (im.) | 2018 |
| Motivation: I waited 8 weeks for a manuscript to rejected outright. This is unacceptable for me. | ||||||||
| Journal of Animal Ecology | n/a | n/a | 28.0 days |
n/a | n/a | n/a | Rejected (im.) | 2018 |
| Motivation: I found 4 weeks an unacceptably long time to wait for a desk rejection. I even emailed to the editorial office to find out what was going on, but got a meaningless one-line reply. When other journals can make a decision with 48 hours, I find 4 weeks inexcusable. | ||||||||
| Journal of Animal Ecology | n/a | n/a | 32.0 days |
n/a | n/a | n/a | Rejected (im.) | 2017 |
| Motivation: I found taking 32 days to reject without sending to review quite unacceptable. | ||||||||
| Journal of Animal Ecology | 6.6 weeks |
6.6 weeks |
n/a | 2 | 4 (very good) |
4 (very good) |
Drawn back | 2017 |
| Journal of Animal Ecology | 6.6 weeks |
6.6 weeks |
n/a | 2 | 4 (very good) |
4 (very good) |
Rejected | 2017 |
| Journal of Animal Ecology | n/a | n/a | 3.0 days |
n/a | n/a | n/a | Rejected (im.) | 2012 |
| Journal of Animal Ecology | n/a | n/a | 14.0 days |
n/a | n/a | n/a | Rejected (im.) | 2015 |
| Journal of Animal Ecology | n/a | n/a | 4.0 days |
n/a | n/a | n/a | Rejected (im.) | 2014 |
| Motivation: The paper was rejected because it was deemed to species specific. | ||||||||