The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease 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 Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease?
Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease is the 463rd out of 593 Microbiology 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 8387th 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.
