Issue 59

Fracture and Structural Integrity, 59 (2022); ISSN 1971-9883

FIS news

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ear friends, being this the first issue of the new year, we wish to show you a report of our activities in the last years. In the following table, you find some details about the submission received, the accepted ones etc.

2021

2020

2019

2018

Submissions received Submissions accepted Submission declined

365 116 233 164

210 103 133

311 224 117

273 119

94 38 56

Submissions Declined (Desk Reject) Submissions Declined (After Review)

71 62

72 45

69 78 64 11 1

Submissions Published

109

235

105

Days to First Editorial Decision

1

2

3

Days to Accept Days to Reject Acceptance Rate Rejection Rate Desk Reject Rate

81 42

87 53

89 38

33% 67% 48% 19%

42% 58% 34% 24%

60% 40% 23% 17%

64% 36% 14%

After Review Reject Rate 23% Our effort to improve the journal is quite evident. In the last four years, the submissions increased (now we are near to 400 per year!), the days to first editorial decision decreased from 3 to 1 day, the days to accept decreased from 89 to 64, the days to reject decreased from 38 to 11 and the rejection rate increased from 36% to 67%. All these numbers confirm the effort of our community to improve our journal. These great results are only due to the continuous efforts of our Section Editors, of the Editorial Board Members, of all the Reviewers and, last but not least, of all the Authors! Now, in order to further improve the visibility of our journal, and of all the papers, it is necessary the contribution of all of you. The editorial world is really competitive and, in order to improve the “value” of the papers, it is important that some “numbers” are high. For example, considering CiteScore, FIS value continuously improved from 0.2 in 2013 to 2.0 in 2020. Now, the perspective value in 2021 is 2.3, but we can further improve this value… if you find in “Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale” a paper of your interest, do not hesitate to add it in your References! Q2 is near and it is a possible goal for 2022! … and after that … why not a Q1? I wish you and your families a happy 2022 … better than the last two years! Ciao!

Francesco Iacoviello Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale Editor in Chief

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