Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 87.3
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Building and construction 28(Q1)
Civil structural engineering 43(Q1)
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 49(Q1)
Mechanical engineering 90(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

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Duration of manuscript handling phases

Duration first review round
6.0 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
11.5 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
3.0 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
3.0 / 5.0 (moderate)
Average number of review reports
2.0 reports
Quality of review reports
3.0 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 26.0 weeks. Overall rating: 4 (very good). Outcome: Accepted.

Motivation:
The quality of the reviews was good and the paper improved as a result. However, the overall process was extremely (and unnecessarily) long.Took six months to get the first reviews. Several critiques but really minor in nature. We re-submitted as fast as possible hoping that the editor would give us a fast acceptance but that wasn't the case and the paper was re-sent to the reviewer. Fair enough, but it took almost another 6 months to hear from them again. This time they came back with super minor things. We revise and resubmit within a short time. To our disbelief, it went back to the reviewer again and took more than a month to get their reply which was obviously to accept the paper.