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Submission guidelines

Our 3-step submission process

  1. Before you submit

    Before you submit, we recommend familiarizing yourself with the following.

  2. Ready to submit

    To give your manuscript the best chance of publication, follow these editorial policies and formatting guidelines.

  3. Submit and promote

    After acceptance, we provide support so your article gains maximum impact in the scientific community and beyond.

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TeX Template

Submissions in TeX/LaTeX are strongly encouraged. The Springer LaTeX submission template can be found here:
Springer article svjour3 (ZIP format)

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Annual Journal Metrics

  • 2022 Citation Impact
    2.6 - 2-year Impact Factor
    1.9 - 5-year Impact Factor
    0.980 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
    0.397 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

    2023 Speed
    17 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
    223 days submission to accept (Median)

    2023 Usage 
    189,403 downloads
    7 Altmetric mentions 

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