The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Shock 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 Shock?
Shock is the 10th out of 111 Emergency Medicine journals. This means the journal is among the top 10% in the discipline of Emergency Medicine. This Journal is the 16th out of 86 Critical Care Medicine journals. This means the journal is among the top 19% in the discipline of Critical Care Medicine. This Journal is the 1896th out of 14,350 Health Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 14% 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.
