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The Discover journals are a growing series of fully open access journals with a focus on inclusivity and author service, in particular on the swift peer-review process and rapid publication process which SN Applied Sciences has always championed. SN Applied Sciences was launched in July 2018 [2], and it has been a quite successful journey since then. The journal published more than 5000 articles, received an impact factor (IF) for the first time in 2023 (IF = 2.6 (2022)), and other metrics show a steadily increasing trend, too. For instance, we have achieved more than 3.4 million article downloads (2022) and our CiteScore (2022) has risen to 5.3. What's more, since the switch to the open access publishing model in 2021 all journal content is freely available to readers worldwide.
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