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 | 483,904 |
| 2 | United States | 357,835 |
| 3 | Thailand | 155,404 |
| 4 | Brazil | 135,582 |
| 5 | South Korea | 131,296 |
| 6 | Italy | 119,159 |
| 7 | Spain | 103,623 |
| 8 | United Kingdom | 100,459 |
| 9 | Turkey | 97,459 |
| 10 | Canada | 85,264 |
| 11 | France | 75,056 |
| 12 | Australia | 74,092 |
| 13 | Japan | 70,178 |
| 14 | Taiwan | 57,965 |
| 15 | India | 56,653 |
| 16 | Germany | 50,609 |
| 17 | Mexico | 48,683 |
| 18 | Netherlands | 45,962 |
| 19 | Malaysia | 38,401 |
| 20 | Belgium | 36,357 |
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.