Citation Impact
Journal Impact Factor: 4.5 (2024)
5-year Journal Impact Factor: 5.4 (2024)
Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.279 (2024)
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 1.727 (2024)
Speed
Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 6
Submission to acceptance (median days): 198
Usage 2024
Downloads: 2,843,729
Altmetric mentions: 2,615
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