Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 99.4
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Biophysics 1(Q1)
Materials science 21(Q1)
Materials Mechanics 4(Q1)

Journal info (provided by editor)

Manuscripts received last year
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Articles published last year
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% accepted last year
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Immediately rejected last year
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Open access status
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Two-year impact factor
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Aims and scope

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Duration of manuscript handling phases

Duration first review round
2.0 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
2.2 months
Decision time immediate rejection
20 days
Overall rating manuscript handling
4.0 / 5.0

Characteristics of peer review process

Average number of review rounds
1.5 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
4.0 / 5.0 (difficult)
Average number of review reports
2.8 reports
Quality of review reports
3.5 / 5.0

Latest review

Outcome: Rejected (im.).

Motivation:
Unfortunately, the longest part of the whole process was the manuscript not being assigned a manuscript number for three weeks. We had to chase up the editorial office for the manuscript to be assigned a number.
4.0
Very good process
7 reviews
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Disciplines

Biophysics Materials science Materials Mechanics

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