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Annual Journal Metrics

  • 2022 Citation Impact
    2.0 - 2-year Impact Factor
    2.3 - 5-year Impact Factor
    1.152 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
    0.715 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

    2023 Speed
    31 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
    176 days submission to accept (Median)

    2023 Usage 
    1,959,850 downloads
    772 Altmetric mentions 

Peer-review Terminology

  • The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal:

    Identity transparency: Single anonymized

    Reviewer interacts with: Editor

    Review information published: Review reports. Reviewer Identities reviewer opt in. Author/reviewer communication

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