The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Medical Reference Services Quarterly 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 Medical Reference Services Quarterly?
Medical Reference Services Quarterly is the 2nd out of 38 Reference journals. This means the journal is among the top 6% in the sub-discipline of Reference. This Journal is the 8th out of 97 Library Science journals. This means the journal is among the top 9% in the discipline of Library Science. This Journal is the 2907th out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 16% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 4604th out of 14,350 Health 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.
