The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases and its the corresponding percentile for the sake of comparison with the entire literature. Impact Factor is the most common scientometric index, which is defined by the number of citations of papers in two preceding years divided by the number of papers published in those years.
How Influential is Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases?
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases is the 27th out of 73 Rheumatology journals. This Journal is the 173rd out of 429 Immunology journals. This Journal is the 1617th out of 6,760 Biology journals. This Journal is the 2428th out of 9,726 Life Sciences journals. This Journal is the 2968th out of 15,471 Health Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 20% in the science branch of Health Sciences.
How are inpact factors calculated?
The impact factor (IF) is calculated by counting citations from peer-reviewed journals only.
extended IF also counts citations from books and conference papers. However, no patent, abstract, working papers, online documents, etc., are covered.
