Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 970
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Chemistry 52(Q1)
Materials chemistry 20(Q1)
Surface sciences 14(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

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Duration of manuscript handling phases

Duration first review round
3.5 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
4.0 months
Decision time immediate rejection
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Overall rating manuscript handling
2.0 / 5.0

Characteristics of peer review process

Average number of review rounds
1.5 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: 11.1 weeks. Overall rating: 0 (very bad). Outcome: Rejected.

Motivation:
The reviewing process was very slow. It took almost three months to be rejected without corrections to the paper.
2.0
Moderate process
2 reviews
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Disciplines

Chemistry Materials chemistry Surface sciences

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