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Journal Report 2023

Publication Report 2023
30 January 2024

Table of Contents:Highlights;
Journal Access Trend;
Publication Statistics;
Editorial Board Expansion;Special Issues;
Plans for 2024;
Acknowledgement.

Under the guidance of our Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Masato Sone, and with great
support from all of our Editorial Board Members, Electrochem has completed its
fourth volume. On behalf of all the staff in the Editorial Office, I would like to reporton the performance of Electrochem in 2023.

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1. HighlightsPublished 36 papers in total.

Fourteen publications in 2023 have been cited at least once already, and the most popular has
been cited 81 times.

Three new Special Issues were opened for submission in 2023.

It is already indexed within Scopus, CAPlus/SciFinder, and other databases.

Cited articles (Top Ten) in 2023:

Number12345
67
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910Title
Coupled Electrochemical-Thermal Simulations and Validation of
Minichannel Cold-Plate Water-Cooled Prismatic 20 Ah LiFePO4 Battery
Experimental, Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamic Study on CorrosionInhibition of Mild Steel by Pyridine Derivatives in Aqueous PerchloricAcid
Designing of Nanomaterials-Based Enzymatic Biosensors: Synthesis,Properties, and Applications
Review of the Design of Current Collectors for Improving the Battery
Performance in Lithium-Ion and Post-Lithium-Ion Batteries
Performance Study on the Effect of Coolant Inlet Conditions for a 20 Ah
LiFePO4 Prismatic Battery with Commercial Mini Channel Cold Plates
Spinel to Rock-Salt Transformation in High Entropy Oxides with Li
Incorporation
Crystal Structure and Preparation of Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO) Solid-StateElectrolyte and Doping Impacts on the Conductivity: An Overview
A Comprehensive Review on the Use of Metal–Organic Frameworks(MOFs) Coupled with Enzymes as Biosensors
Lithium-Sulfur Batteries: Advances and Trends
Review on Interface and Interphase Issues in Sulfide Solid-StateElectrolytes for All-Solid-State Li-Metal Batteries

Citation
8164

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38
36
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2. Journal Access Trend
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/electrochem/stats
Trends in article views, articles published online, new submissions received, and rejected papers
over the past six months.
2023
Article Views
Publications
New Submissions
Rejection

July16,582
412Aug
17,041230

Sep
15,30024
1Oct17,432
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Nov
16,833361

Dec
18,329273

3. Publication Statistics(1) The total number of manuscripts published in 2023 was 36. Among them, there were 19 Articles,
11 Reviews, 2 Editorials, and 1 Communication.
(2) Publication Time: In 2023, the median publication time was 48.5 days and the time to firstdecision was 20.5 days.
(3) Publications by countries in 2023: India 6, USA 6, Japan 4, Brail 3, and others.
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Last year, most publications were from India and USA. In 2024, we will continue to invite morehigh-quality manuscripts and promote the journal to more recognized experts.

Author Country Distribution
14%

21%

2%
3%
3%
4%
13%

4%
4%
6%

12%

7%
7%
BrazilIndiaUSAJapan

China

Hungary

Thailand

Nepal

Ireland

GreeceCanada

Italy

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4. Editorial Board Expansion
In 2023, we had 43 Editorial Board Members from 18 countries.

Editorial Board Members Country Distribution
2%2%2%

2% 2%

14%2%2%2%
12%

2%
2%
5%

12%

7%

9%

9%
9%

SpainJapanThe Netherlands
KosovoGreeceFranceItaly
TaiwanIsraelAustria

USA
CanadaSingapore
Ireland

PolandRepublic of Korea
Portugal
Hungary

We hope that this year we can focus on promotion in Europe and America to attract moresubmissions, considering that most of our Editorial Board Members are from these places.
5. Special Issues
To view the Special Issues that are open for submissions, please see the following link:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/electrochem/special_issues
Special Issue Tile
Silicon Electrochemistry: Fundamentals and Modern Applications
Collection
Feature Papers in Electrochemistry

Deadline
2025-07-07---

If you are interested in contributing or have any other hot Special Issue topics or potential Guest
Editors in mind, please feel free to recommend them to us.
6. Plans for 2024
(1) Increase submissions (high quality): We are planning to publish more papers this year to ensure
the stable development of Electrochem. The publication quality in 2024 is very important to us. We
would appreciate it if each EBM (Editorial Board Member) was able to invite feature papers(including from the EBMs themselves);
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(2) Maintain efficient paper processing times;(3) Set up Special Issues;(4) Carry out more marketing promotions (cooperate with conferences, set up Special Issues, etc.) toattract submissions. If you plan to attend any conferences in 2024, please let us know. We canconsider cooperating with these conferences.
7. Acknowledgement
We would like to highlight the contribution of our Editor-in-Chief, Professor Masato Sone, who hasprovided and is providing us with his constant support for the journal’s development. We would
like to thank Professor Sone for pre-screening manuscripts and making decisions on papers. With
his leadership and support, Electrochem is developing well and will continue to grow.
Many of our Editorial Board members, Topical Advisory Panel Members, and Guest Editors havecontributed their valuable papers to our journal. We appreciate their great support.
Our sincerest thanks to all our reviewers for their help with reviewing papers for our journal; yourvaluable comments have helped the authors to improve their papers and contributed greatly to thequality control of Electrochem.

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