Dur. 1st rev. rnd
Tot. handling time
Imm. rejection time
Num. rev. reports
Report quality
Overall rating
Outcome
Year
4.9 weeks
4.9 weeks
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3 reports
Rejected
2021
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2 days
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Rejected (im.)
2021
Motivation:
We got an immediate desk-reject. The editor has a checklist of reasons that would cause immediate rejection. The applicable one in our case was that the journal does not publish studies that use convenience sampling (which we use in our paper).
There was no scientific argument for rejecting the paper on that ground (our study did not have a specific segment and we demonstrated equality in key composition in the experimental treatments). It was either a pure 'matter of principle' or the editor just didn't like the paper and used this as an excuse.
At any rate, at least they didn't sit on the paper for long and we could quickly resubmit somewhere else.
There was no scientific argument for rejecting the paper on that ground (our study did not have a specific segment and we demonstrated equality in key composition in the experimental treatments). It was either a pure 'matter of principle' or the editor just didn't like the paper and used this as an excuse.
At any rate, at least they didn't sit on the paper for long and we could quickly resubmit somewhere else.
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0 days
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Rejected (im.)
2020
Motivation:
I think it is record-breaking. They rejected my manuscript within 5 mins. I have some reservation about their reasons about the manuscript not fitting their scope (For my situation, it can be a religious talk).
At least they made it quick and did not waste the time of authors, which should be learnt by many EIC.
At least they made it quick and did not waste the time of authors, which should be learnt by many EIC.