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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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