The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Infectious Agents and Cancer 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 Infectious Agents and Cancer?
Infectious Agents and Cancer is the 41st out of 180 Epidemiology journals. This Journal is the 149th out of 805 Public Health journals. This means the journal is among the top 19% in the discipline of Public Health. This Journal is the 159th out of 471 Oncology journals. This Journal is the 1094th out of 5,258 Biology journals. This Journal is the 1615th out of 8,993 Life Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 18% in the science branch of Life Sciences. This Journal is the 1803rd out of 14,350 Health Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 13% 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.
