The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Microbiology 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 Microbiology?
Microbiology is the 301st out of 593 Microbiology journals. This Journal is the 2276th out of 5,258 Biology journals. This Journal is the 3499th out of 8,993 Life Sciences journals.
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.
