Journal of Alloys and Compounds
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Journal Title
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
J ALLOY COMPD
ISSN / eISSN
0925-8388
Aims and Scope
The Journal of Alloys and Compounds is intended to serve as an international medium for the publication of work on solid materials comprising compounds as well as alloys. Its great strength lies in the diversity of discipline which it encompasses, drawing together results from materials science, solid-state chemistry and physics.
Subject Area
CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL
MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
METALLURGY & METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING
CiteScore
10.90
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CiteScore Ranking
Category | Quartile | Rank |
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Engineering - Mechanical Engineering | Q1 | #32/631 |
Engineering - Mechanics of Materials | Q1 | #24/391 |
Engineering - Metals and Alloys | Q1 | #11/164 |
Engineering - Materials Chemistry | Q1 | #26/306 |
Web of Science Core Collection
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) | Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) |
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Indexed | - |
Category (Journal Citation Reports 2023) | Quartile |
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CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL - SCIE | Q2 |
MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY - SCIE | Q2 |
METALLURGY & METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING - SCIE | Q1 |
H-index
145
Country/Area of Publication
SWITZERLAND
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Publication Frequency
Semimonthly
Year Publication Started
1991
Annual Article Volume
4855
Open Access
NO
Contact
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA, PO BOX 564, LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND, 1001
Verified Reviews
On April 22, 2022, I submitted my manuscript. On April 25, I received a response from the editor. On February 28, I received another response from the editor. On May 2, I was invited to submit additional materials for review. On May 3, the review was completed. On May 4, it was under review again. On May 4, the review was completed. On May 5, it was under review. On May 8, it was still under review. On May 14, the review was completed.
Have any of you ever encountered such a bizarre situation? During this period, my teacher even asked me to review a manuscript for JAC, which made me extremely anxious.
Firstly, I think the speed of peer review is acceptable. After submission, the manuscript is sent for review within a week, and then the review results (major revision) are provided in about twenty days. After the revision, the second review results (minor revision) are returned in another twenty days, and then it is accepted after swift revision. Including the time for major revisions and experimental repairs, the entire cycle takes less than three months. I believe that the editor has handled it promptly, but the long waiting time is mainly due to the opinions of multiple reviewers. However, compared to some journals under RSC recently, this speed is still incomparable. Some journals in our laboratory that are submitted to RSC can even provide review results within ten days, and if lucky, an article can be published within forty days from submission.
The second point is about the reviewers. As mentioned earlier, this journal now prefers to have more reviewers. My article was reviewed by five reviewers, and the editor also provided personal opinions. Therefore, the workload of replying to the reviewers' comments is quite heavy. I have to say that the opinions given by the editor are fair and crucial, proving that the editor has carefully read the manuscript and is very professional. However, some reviewers did not carefully read the article before providing their comments. Some asked us to provide supporting data that already existed, some distorted the original argument of the article and then asked for our opinions, and some asked us to cite their own articles in the theoretical analysis section, even though the theoretical explanations in their own articles were nonsensical, which caused us a lot of difficulties.
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