Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 72.8
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Agriculture 69(Q2)
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 75(Q1)
Materials chemistry 90(Q1)
Materials science 243(Q2)

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
6.9 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
11.1 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
2.0 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
3.0 / 5.0 (moderate)
Average number of review reports
2.0 reports
Quality of review reports
4.0 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 30.1 weeks. Overall rating: 2 (moderate). Outcome: Rejected.

Motivation:
The review process was very long. Changing the reviewers led to conflicting opinions. The journal's editor-in-chief was professional and cooperative.