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Speed
22 days to first decision for all manuscripts
31 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only
83 days from submission to acceptance
15 days from acceptance to publication
Citation Impact
4.041 - 2-year Impact Factor
4.866 - 5-year Impact Factor
1.079 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
1.748 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
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