Statistics
Editorial turnaround, decisions and AI usage since 1 April 2026. Figures for April–September 2026 were carried over from the journal's previous platform; later figures are computed live from this platform's records.
Turnaround
Language check, translation parity and editorial pre-screening.
Independent AI reviewers (27-question reviewer form) and field editor synthesis.
Time to the chief editor's decision.
Proofing, placement in an issue and DOI registration after acceptance.
AI Token Usage
Previous platform 214,845,600 · this platform 3,700,984
Average tokens over all editorial agent steps.
Reviewer form analysis.
This platform (reasoning models, whole manuscripts); previous platform: 4.8 s
Input / output — previous platform: 78% / 22% · this platform: 87% / 13%
nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b:free40.0%nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b24.4%nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b:free21.6%nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b8.4%nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b2.4%qwen/qwen3.8-27b:free1.5%openai/gpt-oss-20b0.8%z-ai/glm-5.30.8%dots-studio/dots-3-note-preview:free0.1%nvidia/riva-translate-4b-instruct-v20.0%Reviewer agents receive the manuscript without author details only.
Acceptance and Rejection
| Month | Accepted | Revision | Rejected | Acceptance rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026previous platform | 48 | — | 18 | 73% |
| May 2026previous platform | 54 | — | 22 | 71% |
| June 2026previous platform | 58 | — | 24 | 71% |
| July 2026previous platform | 62 | — | 25 | 71% |
| August 2026previous platform | 68 | — | 27 | 72% |
| September 2026previous platform | 72 | — | 29 | 71% |
| October 2026 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| Total | 370 | 2 | 145 | 71.8% |
Acceptance rate = accepted / (accepted + rejected). The previous platform did not record revision decisions separately.
Duration Statistics previous platform
| Statistic | Articles | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Submission – Withdrawn | 14 | 2.0 days |
| Submission – Returned to author | 28 | 1.0 days |
| Submission – First editor assignment | 507 | 5 h |
| First editor assignment – Acceptance decision · with peer review | 362 | 1.0 days |
| First editor assignment – Acceptance decision · without peer review | 12 | 10 h |
| First editor assignment – Rejection decision · with peer review | 115 | 1.0 days |
| First editor assignment – Rejection decision · without peer review | 30 | 7 h |
| Submission – Acceptance decision · with peer review | 362 | 4.0 days |
| Submission – Acceptance decision · without peer review | 12 | 1.2 days |
| Submission – Rejection decision · with peer review | 115 | 4.0 days |
| Submission – Rejection decision · without peer review | 30 | 12 h |
Submissions
Submitted, returned and withdrawn include the previous platform.