About the journal
Aims and scope, how the journal works, who publishes it, and where it is indexed.
Aims and scope
How the journal works
Every article is published open access the day it is ready. Each article shows the licence printed on it. Articles published since 2021 are under CC BY 4.0; most published from 2015 to 2020 are under CC BY 3.0; earlier articles are mostly free to read under the publisher’s copyright, and some carry CC BY 3.0. Authors keep the copyright of articles under a CC BY licence. Manuscripts get single-anonymised peer review by at least two reviewers; an editor never handles a manuscript they wrote or have a conflict with. We follow COPE’s guidelines. Peer review process · Editorial independence · Publication ethics · Use of generative AI · Data availability · Appeals and complaints
Where the journal is indexed
- CNKI · Listed
- Crossref · Listed
- J-Gate · Listed
- Scilit · Listed
- Ulrichsweb · Listed
We list only services that index the journal today, read from the Indexing register and checked every year.
Journal metrics
Last 12 months, updated nightly.
How these are calculated: submissions are counted on the day they arrive; the acceptance rate is accepted ÷ (accepted + rejected) for manuscripts received in 2025 (5 of 7 decided); both times are medians from receipt.
Reach since 2010
Articles per year
Show as a table
| Year | Articles |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 |
| 2025 | 1 |
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2020 | 6 |
| 2019 | 11 |
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2017 | 6 |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2015 | 10 |
| 2014 | 7 |
| 2013 | 8 |
| 2012 | 10 |
| 2010 | 36 |
DOIs and preservation
Crossref registers every article’s DOI (prefix 10.3844) with its title, authors, abstract and licence, and, for new articles, its references. Portico preserves every article, so it stays readable even if this site goes away. Archiving
Publisher
Published by Science Publications (founded 2003), registered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, licence no. 710490. About us · Contact · complaints: [email protected]