Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 96.2
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Control systems engineering 29(Q1)
Electrical engineering 75(Q1)
Mechanical engineering 33(Q1)
Modeling and simulation 10(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
1.9 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
3.0 months
Decision time immediate rejection
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Overall rating manuscript handling
4.0 / 5.0

Characteristics of peer review process

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

Latest review

First review round: 8.4 weeks. Overall rating: 4 (very good). Outcome: Accepted.

Motivation:
Editors tried to speed up the review process as possible but the journal does not publis the paper online before printing.