Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 989
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Atomic physics and optics 6(Q1)
Earth and Planetary Sciences 3(Q1)
Computer Science Applications 35(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
2.7 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
4.7 months
Decision time immediate rejection
1 days
Overall rating manuscript handling
4.3 / 5.0

Characteristics of peer review process

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

Latest review

Outcome: Rejected (im.).

Motivation:
The paper was desk-rejected very quickly (within one day). The editor stated that there is no contribution and that it is out of scope (not true as related papers are published all the time in the journal). Afterward, the paper was easily accepted in another top journal, so its quality and contribution were not an issue. Gatekeeping at its finest.