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Journal Metrics or Abstracting and Indexing

This journal is abstracted and indexed by:

• Directory of Open Access Journals - DOAJ
• DTU Findit
• EI Compendex
• E-lib Breman
• EZB - Electronic Journals Library
• Google Scholar
• Journal TOC
• Microsoft Academic
• NHN - Naver Academic Zetoc
• Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL)
• Portico
• Publons
• Scopus
• Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
• WorldCat Local (OCLC)

Usage:

• Monthly downloads/views: 147K annual downloads/views

Speed/ acceptance:

• days average from submission to first editorial decision: 30 days
• days average from editorial acceptance to publication: 90 days
• acceptance rate: 15% acceptance rate

Citation metrics:

• CiteScore: 1.4 (2024) CiteScore (Scopus)
• Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
• Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 0.527 (2024)
• Scimago Journal & Country Rank (SJR): 0.263 (2024)
• PubMed and PubMed Central
• MEDLINE
• Scopus, from: 2022
• Embase
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)