10.7(top 1%)
impact factor
4.0K(top 5%)
papers
497.7K(top 1%)
citations
284(top 1%)
h-index
21.3(top 1%)
extended IF
30.2K
all documents
544.3K
doc citations
563(top 1%)
g-index
impact-factor
The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of PLoS Medicine and its 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 Medicine in terms of citations?

Based on the citation analysis of 3,995 articles PLoS Medicine has published so far, 12% of its articles have received no citation at all. 138 articles (about 3% of the total articles) have received only one citation. 8.41% of the articles (913) have received over 100 citations.