Editorial Performance Metrics
Editorial Performance Metrics provide a transparent overview of this journal's editorial workflow, publication process, and article-level performance. The information presented on this page is generated automatically from editorial records maintained within Open Journal Systems (OJS) and is intended to help authors, reviewers, readers, and research administrators better understand the journal's editorial performance and publication process.
These metrics represent the typical experience of manuscripts processed by the journal and should be interpreted as general indicators rather than guaranteed processing times for individual submissions.
Update frequency: Editorial Performance Metrics are recalculated automatically every 24 hours using the latest available editorial records.
Key Information
- Editorial processing times are reported using median values.
- Only peer-reviewed research articles are included.
- Acceptance Rate includes only manuscripts that have received a final editorial decision.
- Article usage statistics are collected directly from the journal platform.
- Citation counts are supplied by external scholarly indexing services.
- All metrics are generated automatically from editorial records.
Overview
Editorial Performance Metrics are designed to improve transparency in scholarly publishing by providing objective information about the journal's editorial workflow. These statistics help prospective authors understand typical editorial timelines, publication speed, article usage, and citation activity.
The journal reports processing times using median values rather than arithmetic averages. Median values provide a more representative measure of the editorial experience because they reduce the influence of unusually short or unusually long processing times that naturally occur during peer review.
Unless otherwise stated, all statistics presented on this page include only peer-reviewed research articles. Editorials, book reviews, corrigenda, retractions, announcements, and other non-peer-reviewed content are excluded.
Editorial Speed Metrics
Submission to First Decision
The median number of days between initial manuscript submission and the first editorial decision. First decisions may include Acceptance, Revisions Required, Decline, or Initial Decline (Desk Rejection).
Submission to Acceptance
The median number of days from initial submission to the editorial acceptance decision. Only manuscripts ultimately accepted for publication are included.
Acceptance to Publication
The median number of days between editorial acceptance and first online publication. This period generally includes copyediting, production, proofreading, layout editing, and publication.
Acceptance Rate
Acceptance Rate represents the percentage of accepted manuscripts among all manuscripts that have received a final editorial decision.
Manuscripts that remain under review, revision, copyediting, production, or any other active editorial stage are excluded because their final editorial outcome has not yet been determined.
Accepted Manuscripts ────────────────────────────────────────── × 100 Accepted + Declined Manuscripts
Acceptance Rate reflects editorial selectivity and should not be interpreted as a direct measure of journal quality, scientific impact, or publication difficulty.
Article Metrics
Article Metrics describe how readers access and use published articles through the journal platform.
| Metric | Description |
|---|---|
| Abstract Views | Number of views of an article abstract. |
| PDF Downloads | Number of downloads of the PDF version. |
| HTML Views | Number of views of the HTML full-text version. |
| EPUB Downloads | Number of accesses to the EPUB version, where available. |
Usage metrics indicate readership and dissemination but should not be regarded as direct measures of research quality or scientific influence.
Citation Metrics
Crossref Cited-by
Crossref Cited-by displays citations deposited by participating Crossref members. Citation counts increase as additional publishers register citation relationships with Crossref.
Dimensions
Dimensions provides citation counts and broader indicators of scholarly impact by continuously indexing scholarly literature and related research outputs.
Citation counts may vary between scholarly databases because each database applies different indexing policies, source coverage, update schedules, and citation matching algorithms.
Data Updates
Editorial Performance Metrics are recalculated automatically whenever editorial records are updated.
Article Metrics are refreshed as usage data become available.
Citation Metrics depend on updates provided by external indexing services and therefore may not always be synchronized with the journal's internal statistics.
Methodology
- Processing times are reported using median values.
- Only peer-reviewed research articles are included.
- Acceptance Rate includes only manuscripts with a final editorial decision.
- Manuscripts still undergoing editorial processing are excluded.
- Usage statistics are generated directly from journal platform activity.
- Citation counts are obtained from external scholarly indexing services.
- Editorial records are processed automatically without manual adjustment.
Transparency Statement
The journal is committed to maintaining transparent, accurate, and reproducible editorial statistics. All Editorial Performance Metrics presented on this page are generated automatically from editorial records maintained within Open Journal Systems (OJS).
The journal does not manually modify, selectively exclude, or otherwise adjust individual editorial records when calculating these statistics.
These metrics are intended to support transparency in scholarly publishing and to help authors better understand the journal's editorial performance.
