Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 976
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Condensed matter physics 22(Q1)
Materials science 57(Q1)
Mechanical engineering 18(Q1)
Materials Mechanics 15(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
2.5 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
3.1 months
Decision time immediate rejection
1 days
Overall rating manuscript handling
4.0 / 5.0

Characteristics of peer review process

Average number of review rounds
2.0 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
3.7 / 5.0 (difficult)
Average number of review reports
1.3 reports
Quality of review reports
3.0 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 10.9 weeks. Overall rating: 3 (good). Outcome: Accepted.

Motivation:
I have not received suitable reviews in the first round. The second round review was better but there were not many changes for my manuscript in the second round.