Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 943
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Environmental science 95(Q1)
Pollution and Waste Management 23(Q1)
Energy 47(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
1.3 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
1.8 months
Decision time immediate rejection
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Overall rating manuscript handling
5.0 / 5.0

Characteristics of peer review process

Average number of review rounds
2.0 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
2.0 / 5.0 (easy)
Average number of review reports
2.0 reports
Quality of review reports
4.0 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 5.4 weeks. Overall rating: 5 (excellent). Outcome: Accepted.

Motivation:
RSC editors have been the best recently in terms of having lowest manuscript handling time