Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 99.2
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Control systems engineering 5(Q1)
Electrical engineering 18(Q1)
Computer Science Applications 24(Q1)
Information systems 11(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
3.5 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
3.5 months
Decision time immediate rejection
91 days
Overall rating manuscript handling
1.5 / 5.0

Characteristics of peer review process

Average number of review rounds
1.0 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
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Average number of review reports
2.5 reports
Quality of review reports
2.0 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 15.7 weeks. Overall rating: 0 (very bad). Outcome: Rejected.

Motivation:
They only sent out the manuscript to "one" reviewer. The reviewer misinterpreted major parts of our work. They made false assumptions on our problem formulation even when we had explicitly stated all the details both in text and in figures. The fact that they made the decision on just one review is extremely unprofessional.