JOURNAL METRICS

• 2022 JIF: 0.9, giving a 31% increase over 0.689 (2021)
• 2022 five years JIF: 0.9
• 2022 CiteScore: 1.0
• 2022 h-index: 65
• 2022 SJR: 0.182

• The 2022 journal impact factor (JIF) was calculated by taking the number of citations in 2022 to papers in 2020 and 2021, and dividing by the number of papers in 2020 and 2021. It was calculated using Web of Science data.
• The five years JIF is the average number of times papers published in the previous five years have been cited in the specific year, based on Web of Science data.
• The CiteScore is the average number of times documents published in the previous three years have been cited in the specific year, based on Scopus data.
• A journal’s h-index is the maximum number of published papers for which each paper has generated an equal number of citations. It is calculated using Scopus data.
• The SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) is the number of weighted citations in a specific year to papers in the three precious years, divided by the number of papers in the three precious years, based on Scopus data. The weightings are derived from the prestige of the journals providing the citations.