Dur. 1st rev. rnd
Tot. handling time
Imm. rejection time
Num. rev. reports
Report quality
Overall rating
Outcome
2.4 weeks
2.4 weeks
n/a
1 reports
Rejected
Motivation:
Very disappointed that a massive RCT with excellent results was declined after only being seen by one reviewer.
2.3 weeks
2.7 weeks
n/a
3 reports
Rejected
Motivation:
The original manuscript received favorable reviews but the editor requested us to reformat it to Letter to the Editor. The revised manuscript was promptly rejected without external review due to lack of space.
n/a
n/a
0 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
3.6 weeks
3.6 weeks
n/a
2 reports
Rejected
21.0 weeks
21.0 weeks
n/a
0 reports
n/a
Rejected
Motivation:
A very long process with no revision for 5 months, then rejection for "lack of space".
3.3 weeks
3.3 weeks
n/a
2 reports
Rejected
16.9 weeks
21.4 weeks
n/a
4 reports
Accepted
n/a
n/a
3 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
Motivation:
NEJM is obviously a great and reputable journal, so there isn't much to say about quality. Equally impressive is their very quick screening of manuscripts to determine if they are a potential fit for the journal. My submission was rejected for fit issues within 3 days, which I greatly appreciated as it saved me an enormous amount of time.