The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Journal of Surgical Education 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 Journal of Surgical Education?
Journal of Surgical Education is the 54th out of 645 Surgery journals. This means the journal is among the top 9% in the discipline of Surgery. This Journal is the 68th out of 2,277 Education journals. This means the journal is among the top 3% in the discipline of Education. This Journal is the 800th out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 5% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 1803rd out of 14,350 Health Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 13% 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.
