The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Infection and Drug Resistance 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 Infection and Drug Resistance?
Infection and Drug Resistance is the 119th out of 593 Microbiology journals. This Journal is the 202nd out of 1,169 Pharmacology journals. This means the journal is among the top 18% in the discipline of Pharmacology. This Journal is the 812nd out of 5,258 Biology journals. This means the journal is among the top 16% in the discipline of Biology. This Journal is the 1199th out of 8,993 Life Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 14% in the science branch of Life Sciences. This Journal is the 1272nd out of 14,350 Health Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 9% 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.
