2.2(top 20%)
impact factor
12.5K(top 2%)
papers
222.0K(top 2%)
citations
119(top 5%)
h-index
2.6(top 20%)
extended IF
217.7K
all documents
274.4K
doc citations
234(top 2%)
g-index
impact-factor
The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of PeerJ and its 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 PeerJ in terms of citations?

Based on the citation analysis of 17,180 articles PeerJ has published so far, 14% of its articles have received no citation at all. 1,339 articles (about 7% of the total articles) have received only one citation. 23.43% of the articles (186) have received over 100 citations.