Indication of worldwide usage for this journal at the country/region level over the last five years (as available).
| Top Countries/ Regions | Downloads | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 2,058,510 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 702,004 |
| 3 | Australia | 476,796 |
| 4 | Canada | 373,408 |
| 5 | China | 240,158 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 171,671 |
| 7 | Germany | 83,100 |
| 8 | Japan | 73,094 |
| 9 | South Korea | 66,252 |
| 10 | Spain | 65,274 |
| 11 | Sweden | 60,872 |
| 12 | Brazil | 56,130 |
| 13 | Turkey | 53,958 |
| 14 | Taiwan | 52,345 |
| 15 | New Zealand | 52,022 |
| 16 | Hong Kong | 51,669 |
| 17 | Ireland | 51,453 |
| 18 | Norway | 46,842 |
| 19 | France | 45,411 |
| 20 | Belgium | 43,857 |
The number of full-text articles downloaded from ScienceDirect for this journal in the last five full calendar years is displayed by country/region.
The numbers are based on COUNTER-compliant parameters, including all types of access, but excluding robot usage and other artificial traffic.
We intend to give you a feeling for the spread of global readership and the relationships between countries/regions for this journal.