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

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Annual Journal Metrics

  • 2022 Citation Impact
    1.5 - 2-year Impact Factor
    1.026 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
    0.455 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

    2023 Speed
    30 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
    192 days submission to accept (Median)

    2023 Usage 
    456,084 downloads
    83 Altmetric mentions

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  • ProQuest-ExLibris Summon
  • ProQuest-ExLibris Primo
  • Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China 
  • Naver
  • ProQuest International Bibliography of Social Sciences(IBSS)
  • ProQuest Social Sciences
  • ProQuest Sociology
  • ProQuest Central