Dur. 1st rev. rnd
Tot. handling time
Imm. rejection time
Num. rev. reports
Report quality
Overall rating
Outcome
Year
8.7 weeks
12.9 weeks
n/a
3 reports
Accepted
2025
Motivation:
Editorial process was prompt but after requesting four potential reviewers be excluded from the Reviewer pool, one of them was still selected as a reviewer. The inclusion of this Reviewer led to a laborious back-and-forth that did not improve the quality of the manuscript. The other two reviewers made many comments that improved the manuscript. The paper was accepted but I don't plan to submit to NPP while the current Editors remain.
13.4 weeks
13.4 weeks
n/a
3 reports
Rejected
2024
Motivation:
Long interval from first submission to the decision (>3 months). Associate editor provided a short note stating that reviewer's ratings for the priority of the work in combination with several major issues was the reason for rejection. However, 2 out of the 3 reviewers stated that the work was interesting/novel and the third reviewer did not dispute its merit. Comments were easily addressable and none of them pointed to a major methodological flaw or lack of scientific validity. Overall a disappointing process and outcome.
5.9 weeks
5.9 weeks
n/a
1 reports
Rejected
2020
8.1 weeks
9.6 weeks
n/a
3 reports
Accepted
2020
4.6 weeks
7.6 weeks
n/a
3 reports
Accepted
2017
Motivation:
Most of the reviewer criticisms were irrelevant but we nevertheless addressed them to have our paper accepted. Editorial handling was smooth.
3.7 weeks
6.4 weeks
n/a
3 reports
Accepted
2018
3.9 weeks
4.6 weeks
n/a
3 reports
Accepted
2018
Motivation:
The process was extremely quick and efficient.
n/a
n/a
3 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
2017
Motivation:
The internal editorial screening process was very quick and efficient. The manuscript was rejected but we have no complaint.
5.9 weeks
5.9 weeks
n/a
2 reports
Rejected
2016