Fast Track Peer Review Stats

 FTnFTTotal
1.1 Total number of manuscripts submitted since FT started (2007-05-25) [n] 188 667 855
 
1.2Total number of manuscripts published since FT started (2007-05-25) [m]94235 329
 
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:192.94
Median:171.42
SD:116.33
(n=94)
Mean:289.75
Median:280.77
SD:121.08
(n=235)
Mean:262.09
Median:248.04
SD:127.48
(n=329)
 
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:31.04
Median:22.24
SD:35.64
(n=165)
Mean:81.93
Median:66.93
SD:56.26
(n=468)
Mean:68.76
Median:50.02
SD:56.29
(n=632)
 
 
2 Number (%) of manuscripts which were sent out for peer-review [o] (o/n %) 167 (88.83%) 490 (73.46%) 657 (76.84%)
 
 
3.0 Number of ms with final decision A or B (accept) or E (reject) [f] 151 410 561
 
3.1 Number and proportion (% of f) of manuscripts with the final editorial decision "accept" (A) or (B) 101 (66.89%) 268 (65.37%) 369 (65.78%)
 
3.2 Number and proportion (% of f) of manuscripts with the final editorial decision "reject" (E) 50 (33.11%) 142 (34.63%) 192 (34.22%)
 
3.3 Number and proportion (% of o) of manuscripts where no initial editorial decision has been made yet 0 (0.00%) 22 (4.49%) 22 (2.57%)
 
3.4 Number and proportion (% of o) of manuscripts with the initial decision C or D but no final decision A, B, or E 16 (9.58%) 58 (11.84%) 74 (8.65%)
 
4 Number of unique reviewers assigned to the manuscripts [r]: 7391689 2112
 
4.1 Average number of assigned reviewers/review requests per manuscript [r/o] 5.33 4.81 4.94
 
4.2 Average number of ACCEPTED reviewers/review requests per manuscript [y/o] 4.08 3.87 3.93
 
4.3.a Average number of COMPLETED reviewers/review requests per manuscript [c/o] 2.04 1.94 1.96
 
4.3.b Number and proportion (% relative to the number of assigned reviewers) of COMPLETED reviews for manuscripts c (c/r %) 340 (34.62%) 951 (37.24%) 1291 (36.53%)
 
4.4. Number and proportion (%, relative to the number of assigned reviewers) of declined review requests for manuscripts d (d/r %) 841 (32.93%) 323 (32.89%) 1164 (32.94%)
 
4.5 Number and proportion (% relative to the number of completed reviews) of reviews with reviewer recommendation A or B a (a/c %) 138 (40.59%) 391 (41.11%) 529 (40.98%)
 
4.6 Number and proportion (% relative to the number of completed reviews) of reviews with reviewer recommendation D or E e (e/c %) 83 (24.41%) 247 (25.97%) 330 (25.56%)
 
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: 2.82
Median: 3
SD: 1.13
(n=340)
Mean: 2.83
Median: 3
SD: 1.23
(n=951)
Mean: 2.83
Median: 3
SD: 1.20
(n=1291)
 
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: 4.08
Median: 5
SD: 1.42
(n=240)
Mean: 4.12
Median: 5
SD: 1.36
(n=322)
 
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: 3.80
Median: 4
SD: 1.36
(n=20)
Mean: 4.15
Median: 4
SD: 1.13
(n=52)
Mean: 4.06
Median: 4
SD: 1.21
(n=72)
 
4.9 Mean number of reviews among the reviewers who have completed at least one review 1.16
(n=293)
1.31
(n=722)
1.42
(n=905)
 
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)