Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 99.1
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Communication 3(Q1)

Journal info (provided by editor)

Manuscripts received last year
866 manuscripts
Articles published last year
362 articles
% accepted last year
13% accepted
Immediately rejected last year
n/a
Open access status
open access
Two-year impact factor
0.71

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
3.9 months
Decision time immediate rejection
n/a
Overall rating manuscript handling
2.7 / 5.0

Characteristics of peer review process

Average number of review rounds
1.7 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
4.0 / 5.0 (difficult)
Average number of review reports
2.3 reports
Quality of review reports
3.0 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 13.1 weeks. Overall rating: 1 (bad). Outcome: Rejected.

Motivation:
Rejecting a paper after a revision because the contribution to the filed is not sufficient is very disappointing. Why did you ask for a revision indeed?