Speed
113 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only
86 days to first decision for all manuscripts
173 days from submission to acceptance
25 days from acceptance to publication
Citation Impact
1.239 - 2-year Impact
1.093 - 5-year Impact Factor
0.844 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
0.420 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
Usage
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72 Altmetric mentions
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- ISSN: 1990-2573 (electronic)
