Fast Track Peer Review Stats

 FTnFTTotal
1.1 Total number of manuscripts submitted since FT started (2007-05-25) [n] 202 719 921
 
1.2Total number of manuscripts published since FT started (2007-05-25) [m]103260 363
 
1.3 Average time from submission to publication in days for articles which recieved a peer-review since FT started (2007-05-25) (m) Mean:188.34
Median:167.31
SD:112.70
(n=103)
Mean:283.19
Median:275.72
SD:119.40
(n=260)
Mean:256.28
Median:238.94
SD:125.08
(n=363)
 
1.4 Average time from submission to initial decision in days for articles which recieved a peer-review since FT started (2007-05-25) Mean:30.38
Median:22.23
SD:34.48
(n=172)
Mean:80.74
Median:66.13
SD:54.69
(n=492)
Mean:67.78
Median:49.87
SD:54.86
(n=663)
 
 
2 Number (%) of manuscripts which were sent out for peer-review [o] (o/n %) 184 (91.09%) 546 (75.94%) 730 (79.26%)
 
 
3.0 Number of ms with final decision A or B (accept) or E (reject) [f] 163 448 611
 
3.1 Number and proportion (% of f) of manuscripts with the final editorial decision "accept" (A) or (B) 111 (68.10%) 297 (66.29%) 408 (66.78%)
 
3.2 Number and proportion (% of f) of manuscripts with the final editorial decision "reject" (E) 52 (31.90%) 151 (33.71%) 203 (33.22%)
 
3.3 Number and proportion (% of o) of manuscripts where no initial editorial decision has been made yet 6 (3.26%) 46 (8.42%) 52 (5.65%)
 
3.4 Number and proportion (% of o) of manuscripts with the initial decision C or D but no final decision A, B, or E 15 (8.15%) 53 (9.71%) 68 (7.38%)
 
4 Number of unique reviewers assigned to the manuscripts [r]: 8171853 2320
 
4.1 Average number of assigned reviewers/review requests per manuscript [r/o] 5.39 4.74 4.90
 
4.2 Average number of ACCEPTED reviewers/review requests per manuscript [y/o] 4.07 3.82 3.89
 
4.3.a Average number of COMPLETED reviewers/review requests per manuscript [c/o] 1.97 1.88 1.90
 
4.3.b Number and proportion (% relative to the number of assigned reviewers) of COMPLETED reviews for manuscripts c (c/r %) 362 (33.36%) 1026 (36.80%) 1388 (35.86%)
 
4.4. Number and proportion (%, relative to the number of assigned reviewers) of declined review requests for manuscripts d (d/r %) 927 (33.25%) 358 (33.00%) 1285 (33.20%)
 
4.5 Number and proportion (% relative to the number of completed reviews) of reviews with reviewer recommendation A or B a (a/c %) 141 (38.95%) 415 (40.45%) 556 (40.06%)
 
4.6 Number and proportion (% relative to the number of completed reviews) of reviews with reviewer recommendation D or E e (e/c %) 91 (25.14%) 267 (26.02%) 358 (25.79%)
 
4.7Among the completed reviews (c), mean and median reviewer recommendation (convert reviewer recommendation into numerical scores, with A=1, B=2, .., E=5) Mean: 2.85
Median: 3
SD: 1.12
(n=362)
Mean: 2.85
Median: 3
SD: 1.21
(n=1026)
Mean: 2.85
Median: 3
SD: 1.19
(n=1388)
 
4.8.a Among the completed reviews which have an editorial reviewer rating, mean and median editors' reviewer rating (reviewer rating 1 (worst) - 5 (best) scale) Mean: 4.23
Median: 5
SD: 1.15
(n=82)
Mean: 4.10
Median: 5
SD: 1.41
(n=244)
Mean: 4.13
Median: 5
SD: 1.35
(n=326)
 
4.8.b Among the completed reviews which have an author reviewer rating, mean and median author reviewer rating (reviewer rating 1 (worst) - 5 (best) scale) Mean: 3.92
Median: 4
SD: 1.29
(n=25)
Mean: 4.15
Median: 4
SD: 1.11
(n=67)
Mean: 4.09
Median: 4
SD: 1.17
(n=92)
 
4.9 Mean number of reviews among the reviewers who have completed at least one review 1.16
(n=310)
1.32
(n=773)
1.43
(n=965)
 
4.10 Max number of reviews conducted by reviewers: (provide number and username, linking to his/her profile): jerome_gj (5) paulwicks (9) paulwicks (11)