The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Global Health Research and Policy 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 Global Health Research and Policy?
Global Health Research and Policy is the 10th out of 180 Epidemiology journals. This means the journal is among the top 6% in the sub-discipline of Epidemiology. This Journal is the 23rd out of 805 Public Health journals. This means the journal is among the top 3% in the discipline of Public Health. This Journal is the 115th out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 1% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 250th out of 5,258 Biology journals. This means the journal is among the top 5% in the discipline of Biology. This Journal is the 344th out of 14,350 Health Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 3% in the science branch of Health Sciences. This Journal is the 351st out of 8,993 Life Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 4% in the science branch of Life 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.
