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1.971 (2019)
2.223 (2018)
2.083 (2017)
1.468 (2016)
1.412 (2015)
1.299 (2014)
1.096 (2013)
1.036 (2012)
Impact Factor
The Impact Factor measures the average number of citations received in a particular year by papers published in the journal during the two receding years.
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Impact Factor 2019
1.971
CiteScore 2019
CiteScore measures average citations received per document published. Read more
CiteScore 2019
3.2
Time to first decision
The average number of weeks it takes from manuscript submission to the initial decision on the article.
Time to first decision
4.3 weeks
SRJ is a prestige metric based on the idea that not all citations are the same. SJR uses a similar algorithm as the Google page rank; it provides a quantitative and qualitative measure of the journal's impact.
SJR
0.737
SNIP measures contextual citation impact by wighting citations based on the total number of citations in a subject field.
SNIP
0.898