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Submission guidelines

Our 3-step submission process

  1. Before you submit

    Before you submit, we recommend familiarizing yourself with the following.

  2. Ready to submit

    To give your manuscript the best chance of publication, follow these editorial policies and formatting guidelines.

  3. Submit and promote

    After acceptance, we provide support so your article gains maximum impact in the scientific community and beyond.

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Annual Journal Metrics

Citation Impact
4.417 - 2-year Impact Factor (2021)
2.152 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
0.929 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
3.7 - CiteScore

Speed
123 days to first decision for all manuscripts
274 days from submission to publication
26 days from acceptance to publication 

Usage 
462,384 downloads (2021) 
1,002 Altmetric mentions (2021)