Open AccessTrends in impact factors of ophthalmology journals
Author(s) -
Igor Vainer,
Francis Mimouni,
Eytan Z. Blumenthal,
Michael Mimouni
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/0301-4738.194324
Subject(s) - medicine , impact factor , ophthalmology , positive correlation , citation , correlation , demography , optometry , library science , mathematics , law , geometry , sociology , political science , computer science
To test whether there is an association between the growth in the number of ophthalmic journals in the past years and their mean and maximum impact factor (IF) as a common sign of scientific proliferation.