The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Clinical 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 Clinical Ethics?
Clinical Ethics is the 15th out of 39 Medical Ethics journals. This Journal is the 31st out of 216 Ethics journals. This means the journal is among the top 15% in the sub-discipline of Ethics. This Journal is the 88th out of 1,046 Philosophy journals. This means the journal is among the top 9% in the discipline of Philosophy. This Journal is the 401st out of 1,172 Nursing journals. This Journal is the 464th out of 4,377 Arts and Humanities journals. This means the journal is among the top 11% in the science branch of Arts and Humanities. This Journal is the 3672nd out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 20% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 5180th 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.
