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 | 663,904 |
| 2 | United States | 584,733 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 485,255 |
| 4 | Germany | 267,529 |
| 5 | Australia | 208,555 |
| 6 | Taiwan | 179,837 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 159,670 |
| 8 | India | 158,824 |
| 9 | Malaysia | 101,618 |
| 10 | South Korea | 97,514 |
| 11 | Turkey | 83,906 |
| 12 | Canada | 83,136 |
| 13 | Indonesia | 76,301 |
| 14 | Brazil | 74,273 |
| 15 | Hong Kong | 58,843 |
| 16 | Thailand | 52,667 |
| 17 | Sweden | 52,112 |
| 18 | Italy | 50,198 |
| 19 | South Africa | 48,857 |
| 20 | France | 48,795 |
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.