The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of BMC Neuroscience 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 BMC Neuroscience?
BMC Neuroscience is the 25th out of 44 Neuropsychiatry journals. This Journal is the 99th out of 343 Neuroscience journals. This Journal is the 164th out of 592 Psychiatry journals. This Journal is the 1228th out of 5,258 Biology journals. This Journal is the 1822nd out of 8,993 Life Sciences journals. This Journal is the 2081st out of 14,350 Health Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 15% 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.
