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 | 595,022 |
| 2 | United States | 535,235 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 231,960 |
| 4 | Japan | 176,876 |
| 5 | South Korea | 123,805 |
| 6 | Germany | 117,561 |
| 7 | Brazil | 113,630 |
| 8 | India | 95,937 |
| 9 | Italy | 72,976 |
| 10 | Turkey | 71,212 |
| 11 | Switzerland | 70,332 |
| 12 | France | 69,462 |
| 13 | Australia | 66,946 |
| 14 | Taiwan | 60,575 |
| 15 | Thailand | 58,154 |
| 16 | Canada | 56,481 |
| 17 | Netherlands | 52,830 |
| 18 | Denmark | 49,624 |
| 19 | Spain | 49,091 |
| 20 | Russia | 45,184 |
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.