Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 96.8
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Environmental science 61(Q1)
Water science 11(Q1)
Pollution and Waste Management 16(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
2.5 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
6.1 months
Decision time immediate rejection
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Overall rating manuscript handling
3.0 / 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
5.0 reports
Quality of review reports
4.0 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 10.9 weeks. Overall rating: 3 (good). Outcome: Accepted.

Motivation:
I submitted my manuscript on March 25. On May 5th they asked me to send a graphical abstract. After I submitted that, the manuscript was sent for reviewers. So, I lost like 5 weeks. Support staff was helpful, but they couldn't do anything with the delay.