The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of BMC Medical Ethics 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 Ethics?
BMC Medical Ethics is the 3rd out of 39 Medical Ethics journals. This means the journal is among the top 8% in the discipline of Medical Ethics. This Journal is the 7th out of 216 Ethics journals. This means the journal is among the top 4% in the sub-discipline of Ethics. This Journal is the 20th out of 1,046 Philosophy journals. This means the journal is among the top 2% in the discipline of Philosophy. This Journal is the 119th out of 1,172 Nursing journals. This means the journal is among the top 11% in the discipline of Nursing. This Journal is the 1067th out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 6% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 2350th out of 14,350 Health Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 17% 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.
