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Annual Journal Metrics

  • Citation Impact 2023
    Journal Impact Factor: 2.5
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: 3.2
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.245
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.907

    Speed 2023
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 14
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 187

    Usage 2023
    Downloads: 1,790,737
    Altmetric mentions: 1,650

Peer Review Taxonomy

This journal is participating in a pilot of NISO/STM's Working Group on Peer Review Taxonomy, to identify and standardize definitions and terminology in peer review practices in order to make the peer review process for articles and journals more transparent. Further information on the pilot is available here.

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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