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Annual Journal Metrics

  • 2022 Citation Impact
    3.6 - 2-year Impact Factor
    1.391 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
    0.906 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

    2023 Speed
    48 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
    163 days submission to accept (Median)

    2023 Usage
    2,897,978 downloads
    2,709 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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