Journal Metrics

Journal Metrics (Scopus)

The journal’s performance metrics are based on data provided by the Scopus® database and reflect the citation impact and publishing activity of the journal over defined evaluation periods.

CiteScore 2024
The journal achieved a CiteScore of 2.5, calculated from 778 citations received between 2021 and 2024 to 313 documents published during the same period.
CiteScore 2024 was calculated on 05 May 2025.

CiteScoreTracker 2025
According to the current CiteScoreTracker 2025, the journal has reached a provisional score of 2.6, based on 609 citations to 237 documents published to date.
CiteScoreTracker is updated monthly; last update: 05 January 2026.

CiteScore and CiteScoreTracker are citation-based indicators developed by Elsevier and calculated exclusively from Scopus-indexed content. The CiteScoreTracker provides a real-time indication of the journal’s citation performance for the ongoing year, while the annual CiteScore represents the final, validated metric.