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Citation Impact 2023
Journal Impact Factor: 2.4
5-year Journal Impact Factor: 2.7
Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 0.906
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.585
Speed 2024
Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 21
Submission to acceptance (median days): 106
Usage 2024
Downloads: 792,002
Altmetric mentions: 1,417
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