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  • Citation Impact 2023
    Journal Impact Factor: 2.1
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: 2.5
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 0.776
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.805

    Speed 2023
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 15
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 247

    Usage 2023
    Downloads: 398,220
    Altmetric mentions: 294

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    Identity transparency: Single anonymized

    Reviewer interacts with: Editor

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