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Their office closes at various times of the year (Winter and Summer holidays), so try to find that out before you submit! Otherwise this leads to greater delays than you might expect.

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Desk rejection, no comments of any kind.

Desk rejection with some comments, option to resubmit without prejudice.

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If it takes more than two months to desk-reject a paper, then the editor is not doing his/her job right.

We are not waiting five months to be told that "the paper is narrowly-focused and uninteresting." Prof. Turner, if you keep ignoring the email inquiries, then why do you serve as the editor?

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If you really need six weeks to decide that the paper is too technical for the journal, then you are not doing your job properly!

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