Journal info (provided by editor)

% accepted last year
26% accepted
% immediately rejected last year
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Articles published last year
75 articles
Manuscripts received last year
226 manuscripts
Open access status
open access
Manuscript handling fee
none

Impact factors (provided by editor)

Two-year impact factor
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Five-year impact factor
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About

Journal Komunikácie - vedecké listy Žilinskej univerzity v Žiline / Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Žilina, Slovakia, began publishing in 1999 with the expectation of providing adequate space to present the latest scientific knowledge and trends in the areas of transport, telecommunications and information technology. From September 2018, the journal was profiled as the scientific journal with the basic topic of transportation and now is a well-established open-access scientific journal aimed primarily at the topics of the field of transport. The main transport-related areas covered include Civil engineering, Electrical engineering, Management and informatics, Mechanical engineering, Operation and economics, Safety and security, Travel and tourism studies.

Duration of manuscript handling phases

Duration first review round
2.0 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
2.7 months
Decision time immediate rejection
n/a
Average number of review rounds
2.0 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
3.0 / 5.0 (moderate)
Average number of review reports
2.4 reports

Characteristics of peer review process

Quality of review reports
4.6 / 5.0
Overall rating manuscript handling
4.4 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 7.0 weeks. Overall rating: 5 (excellent). Outcome: Accepted.

Motivation:
The Journal is really very high quality. The reviewers checked the entire article and made it high-quality. Yes, it took a little time, but the article is now readable. All comments were made on the merits.