Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 950
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Instrumentation 12(Q1)
Civil structural engineering 26(Q1)
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 24(Q1)
Mechanical engineering 43(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
4.7 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
4.7 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
5.0 / 5.0 (very difficult)
Average number of review reports
2.0 reports
Quality of review reports
3.0 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 20.4 weeks. Overall rating: 5 (excellent). Outcome: Accepted.

Motivation:
The submission to this journal was very clear from the beginning, with information provided via email regarding every stage of the manuscript until publication was reached. The contact with the the Editors-in-Chief was always positive.