➡️ 20 days avg. from submission to first decision ➡️ 35 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision ➡️ 8 days avg. from acceptance to online publication ➡️ 12.65% Rejection Rate (2024)

 

Journal metrics in brief

Journal metrics serve as a valuable resource for both readers and authors contemplating the submission of their forthcoming manuscripts for publication. Nonetheless, a single metric merely conveys a fragment of a journal's quality and influence. Each statistic possesses inherent limitations, indicating that it should not be regarded in isolation; metrics ought to complement rather than supplant qualitative assessment.

We highly advise utilising many metrics in conjunction with qualitative variables, including a journal's purpose and scope, its audience, and an examination of previously published content. Furthermore, an individual piece must be evaluated only on its intrinsic qualities, rather than the metrics of the journal in which it appears.

The usage and acceptance rate data provided pertains to the most recent complete calendar year and is updated on a yearly basis (Last update: February 2025). Speed data is revised biannually, reflecting the preceding six months. Speed data is accessible only when a journal has rendered over 10 decisions of that category during the specified timeframe.