The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Recent Patents on Biotechnology 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 Recent Patents on Biotechnology?
Recent Patents on Biotechnology is the 167th out of 504 Biotechnology journals. This Journal is the 311st out of 826 Chemical Engineering journals. This Journal is the 1233rd out of 4,401 Applied Sciences journals. This Journal is the 1803rd out of 5,258 Biology journals. This Journal is the 2742nd out of 8,993 Life Sciences journals. This Journal is the 2863rd 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.
