Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 992
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Mechanical engineering 5(Q1)
Materials Mechanics 6(Q1)
Computer Science Applications 24(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
2.5 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
3.0 months
Decision time immediate rejection
14 days
Overall rating manuscript handling
2.7 / 5.0

Characteristics of peer review process

Average number of review rounds
1.3 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
2.0 / 5.0 (easy)
Average number of review reports
2.3 reports
Quality of review reports
2.3 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 9.4 weeks. Overall rating: 3 (good). Outcome: Rejected.

Motivation:
The journal response time was very reasonable. However, the diversity in reviewers' opinions and the lack of constructive feedback from rejections did not reflect an overall fair review; particularly the fatuous ~10 word response. However, I believe that this was the reason that a third reviewer's opinion was sought.