Indication of worldwide usage for this journal at the country/region level over the last five years (as available).
| Top Countries/ Regions | Downloads | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 662,782 |
| 2 | United States | 588,954 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 484,384 |
| 4 | Germany | 249,247 |
| 5 | Australia | 211,895 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 163,938 |
| 7 | Taiwan | 162,653 |
| 8 | India | 145,346 |
| 9 | South Korea | 98,573 |
| 10 | Malaysia | 86,901 |
| 11 | Turkey | 84,693 |
| 12 | Canada | 84,436 |
| 13 | Brazil | 67,430 |
| 14 | Indonesia | 64,001 |
| 15 | Hong Kong | 58,419 |
| 16 | Italy | 51,838 |
| 17 | Sweden | 50,842 |
| 18 | France | 46,962 |
| 19 | South Africa | 45,021 |
| 20 | Thailand | 44,329 |
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.