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 | 624,142 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 492,926 |
| 3 | United States | 460,284 |
| 4 | Australia | 209,821 |
| 5 | Germany | 134,597 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 78,437 |
| 7 | Japan | 70,821 |
| 8 | Canada | 68,641 |
| 9 | Hong Kong | 63,873 |
| 10 | Taiwan | 56,149 |
| 11 | Spain | 50,740 |
| 12 | Sweden | 47,084 |
| 13 | Malaysia | 41,873 |
| 14 | South Korea | 39,539 |
| 15 | Italy | 38,504 |
| 16 | Finland | 37,782 |
| 17 | Switzerland | 36,321 |
| 18 | Thailand | 33,891 |
| 19 | Singapore | 33,129 |
| 20 | Denmark | 32,979 |
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.