PLoS Medicine is the 13th out of 504 Biotechnology journals. This means the journal is among the top 3% in the sub-discipline of Biotechnology. This Journal is the 15th out of 659 Biochemistry journals. This means the journal is among the top 3% in the sub-discipline of Biochemistry. This Journal is the 24th out of 375 Cell Biology journals. This means the journal is among the top 7% in the sub-discipline of Cell Biology. This Journal is the 26th out of 439 Molecular Biology journals. This means the journal is among the top 6% in the sub-discipline of Molecular Biology. This Journal is the 120th out of 5,258 Biology journals. This means the journal is among the top 3% in the discipline of Biology. This Journal is the 146th out of 14,350 Health Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 2% in the science branch of Health Sciences. This Journal is the 161st out of 8,993 Life Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 2% in the science branch of Life 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.