The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Brain Research 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.This graph shows how the impact factor of Brain Research is computed. The left axis depicts the number of papers published in years X-1 and X2, and the right axis displays their citations in year X.
How Influential is Brain Research?
Brain Research is the 31st out of 127 Developmental Biology journals. This Journal is the 88th out of 359 Clinical Neurology journals. This Journal is the 108th out of 460 Neurology journals. This Journal is the 191st out of 437 Molecular Biology journals. This Journal is the 1006th out of 6,760 Biology journals. This means the journal is among the top 15% in the discipline of Biology. This Journal is the 1483rd out of 9,726 Life Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 16% in the science branch of Life Sciences. This Journal is the 1633rd out of 15,471 Health Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 11% in the science branch of Health 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.
