Dur. 1st rev. rnd
Tot. handling time
Imm. rejection time
Num. rev. reports
Report quality
Overall rating
Outcome
Year
6.7 weeks
10.6 weeks
n/a
3 reports
Accepted
2021
Motivation:
the whole process was smooth, timely, and professional. the journal chose fair reviewers with subject matter expertise.
n/a
n/a
3 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
2019
4.0 weeks
4.0 weeks
n/a
3 reports
Rejected
2017
Motivation:
Even though our manuscript was rejected, the comment of reviewers were so helpful to improve our research. Thank you again.
n/a
n/a
6 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
2017
Motivation:
We submitted a presubmission inquiry and were asked to submit the full manuscript. Despite this it was rejected without external review.
n/a
n/a
2 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
2016
13.0 weeks
26.0 weeks
n/a
2 reports
Accepted
2015
n/a
n/a
3 days
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rejected (im.)
2014
Motivation:
PLOS Medicine has a special "presubmission inquiry" process. You can send in your abstract to this process and within 3 days you will receive an advise on whether to send in your whole manuscript for a longer review process or whether to send it to a different journal.