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Annual Journal Metrics

  • Citation Impact
    3.6 -2-year Impact Factor(2022)
    3.9 -5-year Impact Factor(2022)
    1.815 -SNIP(Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
    0.744 -SJR(SCImago Journal Rank)

    Speed
    72天的第一个decision for all manuscripts (Median)
    90 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only (Median)

    Usage
    6,040,310 downloads (2022)
    3,096 Altmetric mentions (2021)

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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