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Submissions
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Citation Impact 2023
Journal Impact Factor: 3.5
5-year Journal Impact Factor: 3.9
Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.386
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 1.253
Speed 2023
Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 7
Submission to acceptance (median days): 173
Usage 2023
Downloads: 24,332,405
Altmetric mentions: 24,308
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