The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research 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 Interferon and Cytokine Research?
Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research is the 34th out of 77 Virology journals. This Journal is the 132nd out of 434 Immunology journals. This Journal is the 157th out of 593 Microbiology journals. This Journal is the 161st out of 375 Cell Biology journals. This Journal is the 1094th out of 5,258 Biology journals. This Journal is the 1615th out of 8,993 Life Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 18% 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.
