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  • Citation Impact 2023
    Journal Impact Factor: 6.7
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: N/A
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 3.160
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 1.573

    Speed 2023
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 19
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 111

    Usage 2023
    Downloads: 1,103,603
    Altmetric mentions: 274

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