Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 931
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 33(Q1)
Mechanical engineering 60(Q1)
Computer Science Applications 110(Q1)
Information systems 66(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
6.5 months
Decision time immediate rejection
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Overall rating manuscript handling
2.5 / 5.0

Characteristics of peer review process

Average number of review rounds
1.5 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
1.0 / 5.0 (very easy)
Average number of review reports
2.0 reports
Quality of review reports
3.0 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 25.9 weeks. Overall rating: 2 (moderate). Outcome: Rejected.

Motivation:
The review process took too long. The paper was out for review at least two times before a final decision was reached.