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 | 512,577 |
| 2 | United States | 229,368 |
| 3 | Brazil | 211,616 |
| 4 | Japan | 134,148 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 90,041 |
| 6 | South Korea | 89,028 |
| 7 | Spain | 84,039 |
| 8 | Turkey | 80,968 |
| 9 | Taiwan | 65,428 |
| 10 | India | 64,328 |
| 11 | Germany | 64,076 |
| 12 | Canada | 61,328 |
| 13 | France | 61,058 |
| 14 | Thailand | 57,658 |
| 15 | Malaysia | 55,794 |
| 16 | Russia | 53,446 |
| 17 | Italy | 51,696 |
| 18 | Australia | 46,137 |
| 19 | Portugal | 42,422 |
| 20 | Colombia | 37,350 |
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.