2020 Journal Metrics and Most Downloaded Papers for “Electrochemistry”

January 23, 2021

Kenji Kano, Editor-in-Chief

Editorial Board of Electrochemistry

The Electrochemical Society of Japan

Editorial procedure for “Electrochemistry” has been boldly reformed since 2020. We would like to thank you for submitting many papers with the understanding our initiatives. We are pleased to inform you of the journal metrics and inform the most downloaded papers in 2020.

2020Journal Metrics

Number of submission 159　(Accepted  110,  Rejected or withdrawn 46,  Under review　3)

Published 110　(Vol.88, No.1～6)

Acceptance rate   　70.5%  (Papers under review are excluded.)

Number cited　        1221  (163 times for papers issued 2018-2019 (134); Temporary IF = 1.216)

Average period from submission to publication

27 days (advanced online publication in J-STAGE after October 2020)

Number of downloaded      867,054 (Vol.67-88, Advanced online publication included)

　　　　　　　　　　　        65,257 (From Vol.86 which separated from Denki Kagaku)

Selection of top-ranked downloaded papers

The number of downloads every two months and annually is summarized based on the access information of J-STAGE provided by JST for all articles in Electrochemistry published in 1999 after Vol.67 (including advanced online publication).

・Bimonthly Most Downloaded Papers
2020 Bimonthly Most Downloaded Papers are selected from the original articles issued every two months. Invited comprehensive papers for award-winning such as the Society Award (Takei Award) are excluded from the ranking list.  Papers once top-ranked are excluded from the list. Certificates are issued for the top three downloaded papers every two months.

・Annual Most Downloaded Papers
2020 Annual Most Downloaded Papers are selected from the original articles issued last year. Invited comprehensive papers for award-winning such as the Society Award (Takei Award) are included in the ranking list. Certificates are issued for the top ten downloaded papers which include the top three downloaded papers every two months.

The papers that issue the Certificate are as shown in the attached lists. The editorial board will send the Certificate to the authors of each paper.