The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 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 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases?
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases is the 73rd out of 805 Public Health journals. This means the journal is among the top 10% in the discipline of Public Health. This Journal is the 152nd out of 1,169 Pharmacology journals. This means the journal is among the top 14% in the discipline of Pharmacology. This Journal is the 958th out of 14,350 Health Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 7% 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.
