Dur. 1st rev. rnd
Tot. handling time
Imm. rejection time
Num. rev. reports
Report quality
Overall rating
Outcome
8.9 weeks
8.9 weeks
n/a
2 reports
Rejected
Motivation:
Reviewers gave very brief comments saying the findings were incremental and editor rejected our submission. No further comments by editor were provided.
n/a
n/a
14 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
Motivation:
JNeuro is very flexible with the formatting, which makes submission relatively straightforward. They suggested that we try transferring our manuscript to eNeuro, which we did.
7.9 weeks
7.9 weeks
n/a
3 reports
Drawn back
6.9 weeks
6.9 weeks
n/a
2 reports
Rejected
5.7 weeks
5.7 weeks
n/a
2 reports
Rejected
Motivation:
Editor judged that the reviewers "overall enthusiasm was not sufficient to allow further consideration"
n/a
n/a
49 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
n/a
n/a
48 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
4.0 weeks
6.9 weeks
n/a
2 reports
Accepted
Motivation:
The review process was efficient, two reviewer seemed to be quite familiar with the presented topic, the proposed comments were insightful and indeed improved the quality of the paper.
3.0 weeks
3.0 weeks
n/a
2 reports
Rejected
Motivation:
Even though we felt like the reviews were rather positive, we still got a rejection. Overall though, we appreciated how quick and smooth the review process was.
3.9 weeks
10.4 weeks
n/a
2 reports
Accepted
5.7 weeks
5.7 weeks
n/a
2 reports
Rejected
Motivation:
both refere comments were biased towards another group studying similar things. referes somehow failed (or acted in this way) to see the novelty of the presented data.
I like overall system that Jneurosci provides, but biased reviews killed the paper.
I like overall system that Jneurosci provides, but biased reviews killed the paper.
n/a
n/a
2 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
6.0 weeks
7.4 weeks
n/a
2 reports
Accepted
Motivation:
Overall acceptance rate and editorial rejection rate is about 30% and 25%, respectively. In the case of revision, "Your revision must include..." or "Your resubmission must include..." will be described. In former case, it is rather positive, however, in latter case, there is a risk for rejection after review.
In recent days, competitive neuroscience journals such as eLife, Nature Communications, Scientific reports were released and the impact factor of JNeurosci was declined. However, a journal that performs fair pair review is still JNeurosci.
In recent days, competitive neuroscience journals such as eLife, Nature Communications, Scientific reports were released and the impact factor of JNeurosci was declined. However, a journal that performs fair pair review is still JNeurosci.
8.0 weeks
8.0 weeks
n/a
3 reports
Rejected
Motivation:
A third reviewer was requested for the review after 4 weeks of submission. The first reviewer liked the paper a lot, considering it novel and important without major issues. The second reviewer stated that the paper is not suitable for the journal without providing any scientific suggestions.
2.9 weeks
6.9 weeks
n/a
2 reports
Accepted
9.0 weeks
13.0 weeks
n/a
3 reports
Accepted
Motivation:
After the first rejection (missing control group), the paper was completely submitted again. Three reviewer made their comments and suggestions. All critics were both, fair and very constructive. After a first revision (meanwhile two reviewer were satifed), the editors asked for a minor revision. Done. The paper was accepted.
6.7 weeks
6.7 weeks
n/a
2 reports
Rejected
Motivation:
The reviewers did not appear to be experts on the topic. The comments were not at all harsh, but showed lack of knowledge of both the state of the art and the terminology used in the field.
I also did not really appreciate the suggestion to revise the manuscript and send it to their much more expensive "sister" journal.
I also did not really appreciate the suggestion to revise the manuscript and send it to their much more expensive "sister" journal.
4.3 weeks
4.3 weeks
n/a
2 reports
Rejected
5.6 weeks
5.6 weeks
n/a
2 reports
Rejected
n/a
n/a
2 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
Motivation:
Very quick internal review by one of the editors, who gave us clear understandable reason to not proceed. Unfortunate but satisfied.
4.9 weeks
4.9 weeks
n/a
2 reports
Rejected
Motivation:
While the manuscript was rejected after the first review round, the reviewers' comments were respectful, fair and in-depth.
3.3 weeks
7.3 weeks
n/a
2 reports
Rejected
Motivation:
This was the worst publication experience in my career.
3.1 weeks
3.1 weeks
n/a
2 reports
Rejected
Motivation:
Fast turnaround, and the reasons for rejection were stated clearly. Although we would have preferred a different outcome, the process was painless and fair.
3.5 weeks
6.5 weeks
n/a
2 reports
Accepted
Motivation:
Everything went very quickly and efficiently with this Journal of Neuroscience review process. In a way, you somewhat expect this, given that you pay to submit to this journal. I was very pleased from start to finish with the speed, efficiency and quality of the peer review process with Journal of Neuroscience.
6.3 weeks
6.3 weeks
n/a
2 reports
Rejected
4.0 weeks
8.3 weeks
n/a
2 reports
Rejected
3.1 weeks
6.9 weeks
n/a
2 reports
Accepted
5.4 weeks
7.0 weeks
n/a
2 reports
Accepted
Motivation:
A top journal with great review system