COMPUTATIONAL & APPLIED MATHEMATICS

This journal is a well-established journal in computational mathematics with a good reputation in the industry. In recent years, it has published an average of about 300 articles (which can be considered moderate). However, its ranking is not very good. It used to be consistently ranked as a third-tier journal, but the latest distribution released in December 2022 dropped it to the fourth-tier. In terms of article processing speed, it has been getting slower. When I submitted an article in 2020, it took three months for the first review, one month for revisions, and another month before acceptance. I submitted another article on October 1st this year, and it was assigned to an editor on October 6th, but until today, it is still assigned to the editor. I hope for a positive outcome.

The text "17 days Submission to first decision (Median)" written on the official website, I thought it would be relatively fast, but the result...