Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 95.2
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Condensed matter physics 50(Q1)
Atomic physics and optics 27(Q1)
Chemistry 62(Q1)
Modeling and simulation 13(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
1.6 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
2.7 months
Decision time immediate rejection
55 days
Overall rating manuscript handling
3.0 / 5.0

Characteristics of peer review process

Average number of review rounds
2.0 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

Outcome: Rejected (im.).

Motivation:
The associate editor took eight weeks to decide whether to send the manuscript for peer review, and the reason seemed arbitrary in the end. There is a gross underestimation of the median timeline for the first editorial decision (4 days) on the journal's webpage.