The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of International Journal of Infectious 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 International Journal of Infectious Diseases?
International Journal of Infectious Diseases is the 1st out of 5 Infectious Disease journals. This Journal is the 75th out of 593 Microbiology journals. This means the journal is among the top 13% in the sub-discipline of Microbiology. This Journal is the 522nd out of 5,258 Biology journals. This means the journal is among the top 10% in the discipline of Biology. This Journal is the 749th out of 14,350 Health Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 6% in the science branch of Health Sciences. This Journal is the 753rd out of 8,993 Life Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 9% in the science branch of Life 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.
