What are my chances of being Accepted at PeerJ?

The acceptance rate of our journals is always going to be a moving target – it changes based on the time period over which we are reporting and can vary significantly between subject areas.

For PeerJ – our journal of life and environmental research – and for PeerJ Computer Science we publish the acceptance rate on their respective homepages. Currently, the acceptance rate for PeerJ Life & Environment is 41% and for PeerJ Computer Science it’s 28%. The figures on the homepages are regularly updated so we recommend you check there.

We’ll add acceptance rates for our Chemistry journals when we have more data – as newer journals in the PeerJ family the sample size is small and varies across the five journals.

Of course, the best way to help ensure your article is accepted is to make sure you adhere to our policies; that you have followed our author instructions; that you are confident that your article will pass our various editorial criteria; and that you are sending us your best work! It is also important, when submitting your revision to us, to make sure that the rebuttal text comprehensively addresses all the comments from the reviewers (see this information on how to prepare a good rebuttal). We also recommend you review our recent post on Rethinking Sound Science.

We encourage you to send your best work to PeerJ and we look forward to seeing your submissions.