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Annual Journal Metrics

  • Citation Impact 
    Journal Impact Factor: 1.7 (2024)   
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: 2.0 (2024)   
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 0.976 (2024)    
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.720 (2024)

    Speed 
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 8
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 152

    Usage 2024
    Downloads: 2,378,225
    Altmetric mentions: 868

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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