The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Journal of Central South University (Medical Sciences) 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 Journal of Central South University (Medical Sciences)?
Journal of Central South University (Medical Sciences) is the 408th out of 645 Surgery journals. This Journal is the 6571st out of 14,350 Health Sciences journals.
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.
