Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 70.5
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Physical and theoretical chemistry 96(Q2)
Chemical engineering 87(Q2)
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 84(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

The editor has not yet provided this information.

Duration of manuscript handling phases

Duration first review round
1.2 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
3.9 months
Decision time immediate rejection
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Overall rating manuscript handling
4.0 / 5.0

Characteristics of peer review process

Average number of review rounds
2.0 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
5.0 / 5.0 (very difficult)
Average number of review reports
2.0 reports
Quality of review reports
5.0 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 5.0 weeks. Overall rating: 4 (very good). Outcome: Accepted.

Motivation:
The second round of review took a long time due to overlapping with the holiday season, but 3 months was a bit too much. However, the overall peer review suggestions and comments are of good quality and led to the improvement of the manuscript.