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 | 215,503 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 186,423 |
| 3 | United States | 163,463 |
| 4 | Australia | 73,514 |
| 5 | Malaysia | 52,873 |
| 6 | Thailand | 41,765 |
| 7 | Taiwan | 41,572 |
| 8 | Hong Kong | 41,440 |
| 9 | Turkey | 30,696 |
| 10 | Canada | 29,839 |
| 11 | South Korea | 24,692 |
| 12 | New Zealand | 22,546 |
| 13 | Spain | 17,111 |
| 14 | Japan | 15,735 |
| 15 | South Africa | 13,482 |
| 16 | Netherlands | 12,399 |
| 17 | Sweden | 12,352 |
| 18 | Singapore | 12,227 |
| 19 | Germany | 11,433 |
| 20 | Iran | 8,677 |
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.