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Annual Journal Metrics

  • Citation Impact 
    Journal Impact Factor: 3.4 (2023)    
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: 4.2 (2023)    
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.309 (2024)    
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 1.375 (2024)

    Speed 
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 17
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 168

    Usage 2024
    Downloads: 9,577,114
    Altmetric mentions: 5,094

Peer-review Terminology

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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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