Manuscript Processing Time

The average time for the initial manuscript evaluation (including formal assessment and plagiarism screening) is 9 days.

The average peer review time is 28 days.

The average time from manuscript submission to publication for articles accepted for thematic issues is 180 days.

The publication timeline depends on the submission date in relation to the scheduled thematic issue.

Manuscripts submitted to the Varia section may be subject to a longer publication timeline.