The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Lasers in Medical Science 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 Lasers in Medical Science?
Lasers in Medical Science is the 22nd out of 159 Dermatology journals. This means the journal is among the top 14% in the discipline of Dermatology. This Journal is the 71st out of 645 Surgery journals. This means the journal is among the top 12% in the discipline of Surgery. 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.
