Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 93.9
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Condensed matter physics 62(Q1)
Materials chemistry 37(Q1)
Materials Mechanics 33(Q1)
Surface sciences 20(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
4.5 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
4.7 months
Decision time immediate rejection
28 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
1.0 / 5.0 (very easy)
Average number of review reports
2.0 reports
Quality of review reports
2.0 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 19.6 weeks. Overall rating: 3 (good). Outcome: Accepted.

Motivation:
Note that this submission was for a special issue, so that I would not consider the processing times typical for the journal.