Open AccessImpact Factor of Medical Journals
Author(s) -
Badri Man Shrestha
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of nepal health research council
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1999-6217
pISSN - 1727-5482
DOI - 10.33314/jnhrc.v16i41.1237
Subject(s) - impact factor , medicine , citation , medical journal , rank (graph theory) , quality (philosophy) , factor (programming language) , bibliometrics , measure (data warehouse) , library science , family medicine , data mining , law , philosophy , mathematics , epistemology , combinatorics , political science , computer science , programming language
Impact factor, which is a measure of the frequency of citation of articles published in a journal over a specified time, measures the rank or importance of a journal. There is a trend towards publication of high quality research in journals with high impact factor. This paper has outlined the importance, method of calculation, clinical implications, pitfalls and financial issues related to the impact factor of medical journals.