Speed
110 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only
49 days to first decision for all manuscripts
258 days from submission to acceptance
30 days from acceptance to publication
Citation impact
2.873 - 2-year Impact Factor
3.278 - 5-year Impact Factor
1.982 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
0.903 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
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782 Altmetric mentions
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