The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Frontiers in Biology 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 Frontiers in Biology?
Frontiers in Biology is the 377th out of 504 Biotechnology journals. This Journal is the 402nd out of 543 Genetics journals. This Journal is the 948th out of 1,129 Ecology journals. This Journal is the 3925th out of 5,258 Biology journals. This Journal is the 6263rd out of 8,993 Life Sciences journals. This Journal is the 8481st out of 11,479 Physical 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.
