The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of BMC Medical Research Methodology 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 BMC Medical Research Methodology?
BMC Medical Research Methodology is the 27th out of 180 Epidemiology journals. This means the journal is among the top 15% in the sub-discipline of Epidemiology. This Journal is the 75th out of 805 Public Health journals. This means the journal is among the top 10% in the discipline of Public Health. This Journal is the 678th out of 5,258 Biology journals. This means the journal is among the top 13% in the discipline of Biology. This Journal is the 981st out of 8,993 Life Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 11% in the science branch of Life Sciences. This Journal is the 998th out of 14,350 Health Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 7% 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.
