The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Obesity 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 Obesity?
Obesity is the 8th out of 1,172 Nursing journals. This means the journal is among the top 1% in the discipline of Nursing. This Journal is the 18th out of 236 Endocrinology journals. This means the journal is among the top 8% in the discipline of Endocrinology. This Journal is the 316th out of 14,350 Health Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 3% in the science branch of Health Sciences. This Journal is the 324th out of 8,993 Life Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 4% 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.
