Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 95.4
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Condensed matter physics 49(Q1)
Materials science 89(Q1)
Mechanical engineering 40(Q1)
Materials Mechanics 27(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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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
2.0 months
Decision time immediate rejection
2 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
2.0 / 5.0 (easy)
Average number of review reports
2.0 reports
Quality of review reports
2.0 / 5.0

Latest review

Outcome: Rejected (im.).

Motivation:
The Editor considered our manuscript 'out of scope' and suggested transferring to Materials Today Communications with zero Article Processing Charge. We successfully used the Editor's suggestion