MEASUREMENT SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY

Journal Title
MEASUREMENT SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY

MEAS SCI TECHNOL

ISSN / eISSN
0957-0233 / 1361-6501
Aims and Scope
Measurement Science and Technology publishes articles on new measurement techniques and associated instrumentation. Papers that describe experiments must represent an advance in measurement science or measurement technique rather than the application of established experimental technique. Bearing in mind the multidisciplinary nature of the journal, authors must provide an introduction to their work that makes clear the novelty, significance, broader relevance of their work in a measurement context and relevance to the readership of Measurement Science and Technology. All submitted articles should contain consideration of the uncertainty, precision and/or accuracy of the measurements presented.

Subject coverage includes the theory, practice and application of measurement in physics, chemistry, engineering and the environmental and life sciences from inception to commercial exploitation. Publications in the journal should emphasize the novelty of reported methods, characterize them and demonstrate their performance using examples or applications.
Subject Area

ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

INSTRUMENTS & INSTRUMENTATION

CiteScore
3.90 View Trend
CiteScore Ranking
Category Quartile Rank
Mathematics - Applied Mathematics Q1 #134/609
Mathematics - Engineering (miscellaneous) Q2 #46/151
Mathematics - Instrumentation Q2 #52/136
Web of Science Core Collection
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
Indexed -
Category (Journal Citation Reports 2023) Quartile
ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY - SCIE Q3
INSTRUMENTS & INSTRUMENTATION - SCIE Q3
H-index
119
Country/Area of Publication
ENGLAND
Publisher
IOP Publishing Ltd.
Publication Frequency
Monthly
Year Publication Started
1990
Annual Article Volume
612
Open Access
NO
Contact
IOP PUBLISHING LTD, DIRAC HOUSE, TEMPLE BACK, BRISTOL, ENGLAND, BS1 6BE
Verified Reviews
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I have no idea about the final handling of this journal after the second submission.

2022.9.14 Submitted
2022.10.7 Requested revisions
2022.10.22 Revised
2022.11.8 Second round of revisions
2022.11.12 Revised again

Up until this point, everything seemed normal, with the second round of revisions mainly addressing minor issues. However, something absurd happened. After a long wait, I couldn't understand why the review process took so long when there were only a few changes made during the second round of revisions. In February of this year, I became quite frustrated and sent a reminder letter.

2023.2.21 Rejected

I have experienced revisions being rejected before, so I checked the comments to see what they were. Two reviewers, neither of whom had seen the original manuscript or the revision process, simply stated that the paper lacked innovation and there were already similar studies. Isn't that obvious? They were reviewing work done almost half a year ago. Of course, there were similar studies.

I have submitted many papers and reviewed many papers. I have been rejected many times and given many rejection comments. However, this is the first time I have seen such an irresponsible decision regarding the rejection of a revised paper from this journal. It feels like the decision-making process, from the editor to the reviewers, has nothing to do with the content of the paper. It seems to be based solely on moods. Editor, why did you even receive the comments if you're just going to forward them without looking at them?

Pure speculation, but either this journal is overwhelmed with submissions and has to reject a large number of them, or the editorial level is unable to keep up, or there are no reviewers willing to review papers for this journal. Regardless of the reason, I suggest avoiding this journal if you're in a hurry.
2023-02-22
2021.09.14 Submission
2021.12.03 Major revision, one month deadline
2021.12.19 Resubmission
2022.01.02 Copyright completion
2022.01.14 Minor revision
2022.01.17 Revised
2022.01.20 Preliminary acceptance
2022.01.21 Formally accepted
2022.01.22 Online

As long as there is innovation and there are controls for simulation and experimentation, it is very good.
There were two reviewers, both not very knowledgeable in the field, but they reviewed it very carefully. One focused on "measurement uncertainty" and made me reanalyze all the data. One requested a few additions regarding the adequacy of the article content. They were both quite friendly.
There was a requirement for English expression. I used their English editing service through their submission system, which cost 200 RMB. The results came out quickly, and they clearly marked any spelling mistakes, grammar errors, inappropriate expressions, and improper word choices. It was really helpful for English writing. Next time, I will definitely write according to their requirements and there will be no problems. Unfortunately, when I tried to use it again later, it had been changed and was now represented by a domestic company, and it was not user-friendly anymore. However, after making one revision, I knew how to write it, so I won't need it in the future.
2022-01-25

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