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Annual Journal Metrics

  • Citation Impact 2023
    Journal Impact Factor: 10.4
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: 12.6
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 2.375
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 4.975

    Speed 2024
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 8
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 224

    Usage 2024
    Downloads: 2,724,546
    Altmetric mentions: 2,349

  • 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: None

    We welcome your feedback on this Peer Review Taxonomy Pilot. Please can you take the time to complete this short survey.