Dur. 1st rev. rnd
Tot. handling time
Imm. rejection time
Num. rev. reports
Report quality
Overall rating
Outcome
Year
40.0 weeks
40.0 weeks
n/a
2 reports
5
4
Accepted
2018
15.1 weeks
15.1 weeks
n/a
2 reports
3
2
Rejected
2015
Motivation: The quality of review reports was OK, but it took a very long time to receive the reviews.
26.3 weeks
26.3 weeks
n/a
1 reports
0
0
Rejected
2016
Motivation: The review time was long, yet I only received reviews from one reviewer. The review was not detailed and the majority of it was a summary of what was presented in the paper. The editor held back from making a decision for 2 months and although the reviewer comments were not negative, the editor decided to reject the paper without providing any reasons.

Over the past 6 years this has been the worst journal I have dealt with. I feel like they wasted my time...
34.7 weeks
86.8 weeks
n/a
2 reports
3
2
Accepted
2010
Motivation: Pattern Analysis and Applications (PAA) is a considerably known Springer journal with average to high quality papers. The reviews were, in general, scientifically constructive and helped to slightly improve the overall paper. However, the duration of the whole process was unbearable. Between the moment I submitted the paper, until it was finally accepted, 1 year and a half had passed. As if this wasn't enough, although the paper became with the "in press" status after some few months (+ 2 months), it was only published in the corresponding volume and issue 1 year and 1 month after. In other words, the paper was written and submitted in 2010, but it will be cited it as being from 2013.
To keep it short, if time isn't an issue, than I recommend submitting papers to PAA. Else, if time is of the essence, as it is for me, then just search for an alternative.