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Annual Journal Metrics

  • Citation Impact 2023
    Journal Impact Factor: 2.5
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: 2.7
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 0.881
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.747

    Speed 2024
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 14
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 160

    Usage 2024
    Downloads: 3,421,383
    Altmetric mentions: 1,173

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

    More information is available here

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