The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Parasitology 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 Parasitology?
Parasitology is the 23rd out of 74 Parasitology journals. This Journal is the 212nd out of 593 Microbiology journals. This Journal is the 1457th out of 5,258 Biology journals. This Journal is the 2173rd out of 8,993 Life Sciences journals. This Journal is the 2596th out of 14,350 Health Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 19% 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.
