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 | 215,430 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 183,256 |
| 3 | United States | 160,736 |
| 4 | Australia | 71,783 |
| 5 | Malaysia | 46,465 |
| 6 | Hong Kong | 40,687 |
| 7 | Thailand | 37,877 |
| 8 | Taiwan | 35,545 |
| 9 | Canada | 29,448 |
| 10 | Turkey | 27,554 |
| 11 | South Korea | 23,768 |
| 12 | New Zealand | 23,144 |
| 13 | Spain | 17,132 |
| 14 | Japan | 16,922 |
| 15 | South Africa | 13,237 |
| 16 | Netherlands | 12,136 |
| 17 | Singapore | 11,971 |
| 18 | Sweden | 11,443 |
| 19 | Germany | 10,956 |
| 20 | Iran | 9,460 |
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.