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    • Gale
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    • DOAJ
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    • Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) - GoOA


Annual Journal Metrics

  • Citation Impact 2023
    Journal Impact Factor: 5.6
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: 7.5
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 4.461
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 2.035

    Speed 2023
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 8
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 224

    Usage 2023
    Downloads: 1,774,317
    Altmetric mentions: 819

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