Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 99.6
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Condensed matter physics 6(Q1)
Materials science 13(Q1)
Surface sciences 1(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
1.2 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
1.9 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
2.3 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
3.1 / 5.0 (moderate)
Average number of review reports
2.9 reports
Quality of review reports
4.1 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 5.0 weeks. Overall rating: 5 (excellent). Outcome: Accepted.

Motivation:
The peer review process has heavily improved my MS, and I am pretty thankful for such a rigorous process and to the reviewers.