Dur. 1st rev. rnd
Tot. handling time
Imm. rejection time
Num. rev. reports
Report quality
Overall rating
Outcome
Year
36.6 weeks
36.6 weeks
n/a
4 reports
Rejected
2023
Motivation:
The first review round took more than 8 months and then another 3 months for the second review round. From the first 4 reviewers we have only got feedback from 1 reviewer and the manuscript was rejected based on this only review.
Drawn back before first editorial decision after 462.0 days
Drawn back
2022
Motivation:
During the process of my wait for a proper review for 16 months, I exchanged a number of emails with the Journals Editorial Office (JEO) Assistant. He had informed me that my emails were forwarded to the Journal Editors, but they had difficulty finding reviewers. I have not received one single email from the journal Editors. The reviews were in and the decision was pending in the 9th month, as the journal system indicated, but the Editors could not make up their minds for 7 months and I simply gave up hope. At the time of this process, Cheri J. Shapiro and Anne F. Farrell were the Editors-in-Chief.
I emailed Springer Nature to inquire about my rights as an author and ask about the proper way to express my formal complaints about the lengthy review process. I also added that I wished to retract my work and asked to be informed about the withdrawing process. That correspondence also took another 6 weeks until I received a proper email indicating that I "successfully" retracted my paper.
Editorial misconduct includes the inaction of the editorial agents in a timely manner. I did not see the reviewers' comments and the journal stole not only my time but also at least two other scholars.
I emailed Springer Nature to inquire about my rights as an author and ask about the proper way to express my formal complaints about the lengthy review process. I also added that I wished to retract my work and asked to be informed about the withdrawing process. That correspondence also took another 6 weeks until I received a proper email indicating that I "successfully" retracted my paper.
Editorial misconduct includes the inaction of the editorial agents in a timely manner. I did not see the reviewers' comments and the journal stole not only my time but also at least two other scholars.
62.4 weeks
62.4 weeks
n/a
2 reports
Rejected
2021
Motivation:
A 14-month wait for a review was excessive, even during COVID. And correspondence with the editorial assistants lead me to believe there were serious management problems beyond difficulties finding reviewers due to covid. Despite submission on 12/13/2019, they told me by email that the manuscript was still "awaiting assignment to an associate editor" on 2/15/20. In an email on 6/4/20, they said it had just been sent out for review. The decision finally came in 8 months later on 2/22/21, and the email said: "We apologize for the delay in processing your manuscript. The journal recently completed an editorial transition and has received a 20% increase in submissions this year, compounding our backlog." I consider those things to be their problems to solve, not mine. The two reviews themselves were thoughtful- had we gotten them within a reasonable time, I would have no problem with this journal.