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58 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only
21 days to first decision for all manuscripts
134 days from submission to acceptance
30 days from acceptance to publicationCitation Impact
7.431 - 2-year Impact Factor
8.182 - 5-year Impact Factor
1.816 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
3.952 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)Usage
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