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Annual Journal Metrics
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Citation Impact 2023
Journal Impact Factor: 4.4
5-year Journal Impact Factor: 5.4
Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.211
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 1.787
Speed 2023
Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 10
Submission to acceptance (median days): 180
Usage 2023
Downloads: 2,378,081
Altmetric mentions: 3,761
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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.
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