Dur. 1st rev. rnd
Tot. handling time
Imm. rejection time
Num. rev. reports
Report quality
Overall rating
Outcome
Year
10.7 weeks
18.3 weeks
n/a
2 reports
Accepted
2018
Motivation:
This was a smooth process overall. The submission of the revised manuscript was delayed due to my maternity leave which added about two months to the process.
4.7 weeks
27.1 weeks
n/a
3 reports
Rejected
2017
Motivation:
Absolutely unprofessional. The editor misplaced (I was not aware this was even possible) our manuscript and sent previous versions of the manuscript to the reviewers. The whole review process (the almost 8 months!) were confusing and the editors were not reachable at any point.
13.0 weeks
13.0 weeks
n/a
0 reports
n/a
Accepted
2014
Motivation:
The paper was accepted but it took several months for it to be published, otherwise I would have given a 5. Plos NTDs has very clear guidelines for and instructions that make the process very painless.