The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Eye 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 Eye?
Eye is the 11th out of 143 Ophthalmology journals. This means the journal is among the top 8% in the discipline of Ophthalmology. This Journal is the 27th out of 4,377 Arts and Humanities journals. This means the journal is among the top 1% in the science branch of Arts and Humanities. This Journal is the 457th out of 20,139 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 3% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 1099th out of 9,726 Life Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 12% in the science branch of Life Sciences. This Journal is the 1146th out of 15,471 Health Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 8% 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.
